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Maybe saying "most people are stupid" is wrong. I know even medieval peasants had to be knowledgeable about a lot to farm and survive.

However, I do believe most people are uncurious. Since information is so cheap, it seems many people just reach for what feels good and doesn't risk their existing worldviews.

>>roland+(OP)
Right but that is actually a strategy that makes a lot of sense. You will likely fit in well with your peers and you will likely feel comfortable with your beliefs and "knowledge".

Maybe we could call it a local maximum, personally, although something of a disaster, societally.

>>roland+(OP)
I don't think having a lot of information is intelligence. Plenty of medieval peasants were stupid and a small percentage could combine information into new things for the idiots around them to repeat. During a short period copied behavior traveled less well and it was more obvious how stupid the median person was.

>>fredfi+u1
I'd argue that an idiot peasant who sees something that works and adopts it is smarter than the anti science people we have yammering on social media right now!

>>roland+76
Petrol protectionism or religious fervor both have a risk of an overall suboptimal while delivering substantial relative benefit to specific groups and their members if they can maintain the absurdity.

>>roland+(OP)
"Be curious, not judgemental" -- Ted Lasso (via Walt Whitman?)

>>pogopo+Pj
That’s one of my favorite scenes of the show :-)