From e86394bd07ef195fd4fcb5ab1f0f1bcb2d083a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: trident-job Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 08:10:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity --- README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 78c46d9..5c4caaf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Like this project? Please considering [sponsoring me](https://github.com/sponsor * [Premature Optimization Effect](#premature-optimization-effect) * [Putt's Law](#putts-law) * [Reed's Law](#reeds-law) + * [The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity](#the-basic-laws-of-human-stupidity) * [The Law of Conservation of Complexity (Tesler's Law)](#the-law-of-conservation-of-complexity-teslers-law) * [The Law of Demeter](#the-law-of-demeter) * [The Law of Leaky Abstractions](#the-law-of-leaky-abstractions) @@ -557,6 +558,20 @@ See also: - [Metcalfe's Law](#metcalfes-law) - [Dunbar's Number](#dunbars-number) +### The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity + +[The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla#%22The_Basic_Laws_of_Human_Stupidity%22_(1976)) + +These are Cipolla's five fundamental laws of stupidity: + +> Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. +> The probability that a certain person (will) be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person. +> A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses. +> Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places, and under any circumstances, to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake. +> A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person. + +Corollary: a stupid person is more dangerous than a pillager. + ### The Law of Conservation of Complexity (Tesler's Law) [The Law of Conservation of Complexity on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_conservation_of_complexity)