From: Robin Hanson (hanson@hss.caltech.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 26 1996 - 16:20:57 MST
James Rogers writes:
>A lot of actions that people have deemed to be the "stupidity of the masses"
>are usually stupid only in the larger context. If you evaluate the
>individual decision of the individual person in the masses, the majority of
>people make an intelligent decision most of the time.
I agree with James. When you see behavior you don't understand,
you're first reaction shouldn't be to assume stupidity -- it is more
likely that your understanding of the social context is lacking.
Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/
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