Thought for the day

[unixronin]

There are a lot of very sharp, bright people out there.

Unfortunate corollary¹:  There are a lot of depressingly stupid people out there.

[1]  Thanks to the law of averages.

Comments

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

They don't? Have you seen the US President lately?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

The key words there were "a lot of". :)

[wyrdling.livejournal.com]

(yes, i was careful about that ;)

[wyrdling.livejournal.com]

i think he's a hair or two above the severely disabled i'm describing. a prime example of the danger of "stupid enough to think they're smart" :P

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Compounded by the fact that he doesn't believe it's possible for him to be wrong or in error. I utterly cannot comprehend the kind of mind-set that it takes to dismiss physical reality as irrelevant compared to faith that one is doing the right thing.

[wyrdling.livejournal.com]

i think it simply requires the incapacity to recognize that any reality exists beyond one's own perceptions/personal theatre.

i've known enough people like that to recognize that it happens. not that i can still logically understand why anyone would want to live breathing their own smoke but it sure seems like they enjoy it.