Tag Archives: stupidity
Why Really Smart People Can Be Really Stupid
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 4th September 2025Before I start, I must assure the reader that I will give no contemporary example that supports the premise of the title. To do so would alienate at least half my readers, who would in outrage, proclaim that I was the best proof of the title, or even worse, that I fit only the second…
› Read the full entry
Smaller Brains
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 31st October 2021The human brain is the most complex structure known. As human-like species evolved over several million years into homo sapiens, hominid brain size tripled. Today the average human brain weighs about three pounds. Our nearest primate relative, the chimpanzee, has a brain that weighs less than a pound. Our brains constitute about 2% of body…
› Read the full entry
On Stupidity
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 29th June 2021First God Created Stupidity. That was for practice. Then He created school boards. Mark Twain Carlo Cipolla (1922-2000) was and Italian economist and historian. In 1976 he Published The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity. He postulated five such laws. The laws are presented in graphic form below. Do not interpret the graph as indicating that…
› Read the full entry
Quotation of the Day
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 1st October 2012The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits. Albert Einstein
› Read the full entry
