From: YakWaxx@aol.com
Date: Fri Aug 15 1997 - 16:22:08 MDT
Robin D. Hanson <hanson@hss.caltech.edu> wrote:
> >The biggest lesson I have learned while raising kids is that adults
> >consistently underestimate kid's intelligence and overestimate
> >their knowledge.
>
> I'd say this lesson applies to adults as well. When we're confused
> about why someone does or says something, its way too easy to
> attribute it to stupidity. Usually something much subtler is going on.
Many people simply refuse to admit that they *do* understand, claiming
stupidity is a great way to not have to think about things. This is
something I refuse to accept, I have always believed that if I do not
understand something it's because I do not have enough information on the
subject. I don't think genetic stupidity is as abundant as the masses would
have us believe. It's such a waste of much-needed brain power.
--Wax
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