Anders Sandberg wrote:
>
> "J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com> writes:
>
> > First Law
> > We always underestimate the number of stupid people.
>
> This is actually wrong. If you ask people for their opinions about
> their own stupidity and the relative stupidity of others, you will
> find that (not surprisingly) the majority of people are smarter than
> other people. The same goes for being ethical and so on. So the first
> law should be: we always underestimate our own stupidity.
>
> The implication is of course that even stupid people can be right and
> do good stuff.
A truly extropic statement: Humans overcome their own inherent stupidity
(mostly by disbelieving in it) to build a less stupid future....
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