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| '''Stupidity''' is a lack of ], ], ], ], or ]. | |||
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| ==Etymology of the word== | |||
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| ''Stupidity'' is a quality or state of being stupid, or an act or idea that exhibits properties of being stupid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupidity|title=stupidity|publisher=Merriam-Webster|accessdate=2009-01-18}}</ref> The root word ''stupid'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupid|title=stupid|publisher=Merriam-Webster|accessdate=2009-01-18}}</ref> which can serve as an adjective or noun, comes from the Latin verb ''stupere'', for being numb or astonished, and is related to ''stupor''.<ref>{{cite web|title=stupor|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupor|publisher=Merriam-Webster|accessdate=2009-01-18}}</ref> | |||
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| According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, the words "stupid" and "stupidity" entered the English language in 1541. Since then, stupidity has taken place along with "]," "]," "dumb," "]," and related concepts as a pejorative appellation for human misdeeds, whether purposeful or accidental, due to absence of mental capacity. | |||
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| The modern English word "stupid" has a broad range of application, from being slow of mind (indicating a lack of intelligence, care or reason), dullness of feeling or sensation (torpidity, senseless, insensitivity), or lacking interest or point (vexing, exasperating). It can either infer a congenital lack of capacity for reasoning, or a temporary state of daze or slow-mindedness. | |||
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| == In science and research == | |||
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| There are ] for trivial research in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, public health, engineering, biology, mathematics, veterinary medicine. Awarded topics have included cows with names give more milk than cows that are nameless, or creating diamond film from tequila, or determining why pregnant women do not tip over. | |||
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| More socially harmful stupidity is ] stupidity, defined as "Academic Research Illusion", "deluding by creating illusory ideas", "considered scientific (magical) by laymen (naive observers)", "something what is false", "erroneous mental representation" <ref>http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2009-05/msg00034.html</ref> | |||
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| It is when the quality of research is measured by the number of papers published, instead of the quality of the content produced, its correctness, importance, novelty, and originality. Such widely supported by funding agencies paper-count policy schemes are resulted in foolish things: | |||
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| Encouraging superficial research of hastily written, shallow (and often incorrect) papers lacking quality, value or sense; | |||
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| Encouraging extra large groups of academics; | |||
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| Encouraging repetition of the same ideas in many conferences and journals; | |||
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| Encouraging small, insignificant, and trivial studies; | |||
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| Rewarding publication of half-baked ideas.<ref>http://cosy.sbq.ac.at/~helmut/Stuff/parnas07.pdf</ref> | |||
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| There are also the The ], a tongue-in-cheek honour named after evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin. | |||
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| The Awards honour people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion. | |||
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| The ] ] is famous for his essays about human stupidity. | |||
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| The essay, The Fundamental Laws of Human Stupidity, explores the controversial subject of stupidity. Stupid people are seen as a group, more powerful by far than major organizations such as the ] and the ], which without regulations, leaders or manifesto nonetheless manages to operate to great effect and with incredible coordination. | |||
| These are Cipolla's five fundamental laws of stupidity: | |||
| # ''Always and inevitably each of us underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.'' | |||
| # ''The probability that a given person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic possessed by that person.'' | |||
| # ''A person is stupid if they cause damage to another person or group of people without experiencing personal gain, or even worse causing damage to themselves in the process.'' | |||
| # ''Non-stupid people always underestimate the harmful potential of stupid people; they constantly forget that at any time anywhere, and in any circumstance, dealing with or associating themselves with stupid individuals invariably constitutes a costly error.'' | |||
| # ''A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person there is.'' | |||
| ==In comedy== | |||
| The ] or buffoon has been a central character in much ]. Alford and Alford found that ] based on stupidity was prevalent in "more complex" societies as compared to some other forms of humor.<ref>Finnegan Alford; Richard Alford. ''A Holo-Cultural Study of Humor.'' Ethos '''9(2)''', pg 149-164.</ref> Some analysis of Shakespeare's comedy has found that his characters tend to hold mutually contradictory positions; because this implies a lack of careful analysis it indicates stupidity on their part.<ref>N Frye. ''A Natural Perspective: The Development of Shakespearean Comedy and Romance.'' Columbia University Press, 1995.</ref> Today there is a wide array of television shows that showcase stupidity such as ].<ref>R Hobbs. ''The Simpsons Meet Mark Twain: Analyzing Popular Media Texts in the Classroom.'' The English Journal, 1998.</ref> | |||
| ==Literature review== | |||
| The first book in English on stupidity was ''A Short Introduction to the History of Stupidity'' by ] (1932): | |||
| {{cquote|Stupidity can easily be proved the supreme Social Evil. Three factors combine to establish it as such. First and foremost, the number of stupid people is legion. Secondly, most of the power in business, finance, diplomacy and politics is in the hands of more or less stupid individuals. Finally, high abilities are often linked with serious stupidity.<ref name=Pitkin>Pitkin, Walter B. '''' (1932).</ref>}} | |||
| According to '']: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters,'' (2003) by Merrill R. Chapman: | |||
| {{cquote|The claim that high-tech companies are constantly running into 'new' and 'unique' situations that they cannot possibly be expected to anticipate and intelligently resolve is demonstrably false....The truth is that technology companies are constantly repeating the same mistakes with wearying consistency...and many of the stupid things these companies do are completely avoidable.}} | |||
| "While ''In Search of Excellence'' turned out to be a fraud, ''In Search of Stupidity'' is genuine, and no names have been changed to protect the guilty." according to one reviewer.<ref>http://www.insearchofstupidity.com/</ref> | |||
| == Stupidity awards == | |||
| There are the ] granted in several categories: statement, situation, trend, achievement; man, movie, and media outlet | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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| == Further reading == | |||
| * {{cite book|title=Stupidity|author=]|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=2002|isbn10=0252071271|isbn=9780252071270}} | |||
| * {{cite journal|author=]|url=http://catholicity.com./commentary/hildebrand/02432.html|title=When is Stupidity a Sin?|date=2008-01-29}} | |||
| * {{cite book|author=]|title=The talent for stupidity: the psychology of the bungler, the incompetent, and the ineffectual|publisher=International Universities|year=1998|isbn10=0823663450|isbn=9780823663453}} | |||
| * {{cite journal|author=L. Loewenfeld|year=1909|url=http://textlog.de./loewenfeld-dummheit.html|title=Über die Dummbeit: Eine Umschau in Gebiete menschlicher Unzulänglichkeit|language=German}} | |||
| * {{cite book|author=Paul Tabori|title=The natural science of stupidity|publisher=Prentice-Hall International|year=1962}} | |||
| * {{cite book|chapter=Moral Intelligence and the Pathology of Human Stupidity|title=The pathology of man: a study of human evil|author=Steven J. Bartlett|publisher=C.C. Thomas|year=2005|isbn10=0398075573|isbn=9780398075576}} | |||
| * {{cite book|title=The Power of Stupidity|author=Giancarlo Livraghi|publisher=Monti&Ambrosini|location=Pescara|isbn=9788889479155|year=2009}} | |||
| * {{cite book|title=Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid|editor=Robert J. Sternberg|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2003|isbn10=0300101708|isbn=9780300101706}} | |||
| * {{cite book|author=Stephen Greenspan|chapter=Foolish action in adults with intellectual disabilities: the forgotten problem of risk-unawareness|title=International Review of Research in Mental Retardation|volume=36|editor=Laraine Masters Glidden|publisher=Academic Press|year=2008|isbn10=0123744768|isbn=9780123744760}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| {{Wiktionary|stupidity}} | |||
| {{Commons category|Stupidity}} | |||
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