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by revital9 5863 days ago
People are stupid - but not all of them. Look at the comments around you :)
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How many cognitive biases can you list? Because there are a lot of them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

They might not get you on this one, but at some point you will be part of the stupid crowd. I don't think about all of these every time I make a decision. When I said people are stupid, I was including myself. :-)

I have to say, that's my list of the week, if not the year! awesome.
Unfortunately collectively means that if you are the only one intelligent around stupid people, then your group is still considered stupid.
I think most people who believe they are "the only intelligent one around stupid people" are likely mistaken in at least one respect. Probably two. Possibly even three.
Yes, the saying of Confucius is "When three men walk together, there is surely my teacher among them." The smartest people recognize that they can learn from anyone, and need to.
And they'll all be pointing out how stupid you are.
Being smart does not protect you from being stupid.