Stupidity - Definitions

Stupidity is the quality or condition of being stupid, or lacking intelligence. This quality can be attributed to both an individual himself (John Smith is stupid) or his actions, words or beliefs (John Smith's policies are stupid). The term can thus also refer to poor use of judgement, or insensitivity to nuances in a person whose is otherwise intelligent. The determination of who is stupid is relatively difficult, despite attempts to measure intelligence (and thus stupidity) such as IQ tests. The adjective is al ...

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• Stupidity - Definitions
• Stupidity - Stupidity manifested by the educated
• Stupidity - Stupidity in comedy
• Stupidity - Pretending stupidity as a sales tactic
• Stupidity - Individual stupidity vs collective stupidity
• Stupidity - Quotes

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Recently a great deal of attention has been paid to another class of stupidity: stupid actions by those that are highly educated and worldly. It is an important subject as it is increasingly evident that powerful, and generally very intelligent, people sometimes do stupid things. In recent years a number of notions such as groupthink have been developed to explain this. This is a fairly new topic for researchers and there are still few academic works on the subject, though in the 19th Cent ...

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Stupidity, Stupidity - Definitions, Stupidity - Stupidity manifested by the educated, Stupidity - Stupidity in comedy, Stupidity - Pretending stupidity as a sales tactic, Stupidity - Individual stupidity vs collective stupidity, Stupidity - Quotes

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Pretending to be less intelligent than your prospect is a form of pretending to be stupid without irony that is exploited by salespeople. As in most fields, to be successful requires a great deal of intelligence. However, if one is selling something, the prospective buyer must feel as though he is in control. Therefore, it can help to know how to pretend to be stupid. The most successful people tend to be extremely intelligent despite their pretended idiocy, particularly when their prospect is of above average intelligence, or is himself trained in such sales techniques. The television character Lieutenant ...

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Stupidity, Stupidity - Definitions, Stupidity - Stupidity manifested by the educated, Stupidity - Stupidity in comedy, Stupidity - Pretending stupidity as a sales tactic, Stupidity - Individual stupidity vs collective stupidity, Stupidity - Quotes

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For as long as comedy has existed, stupidity has been a source of immense entertainment. Generally the entertainers are merely pretending to be stupid. The buffoon of ancient plays is the progenitor of a venerable lineage that continued through Falstaff, Bottom, Harpo Marx, Goofy, Eccles, Norman Wisdom, Jerry Lewis and countless others, and is portrayed in contemporary Western culture by characters such as Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin. The fool/buffoon has been a central character in most comedy. Today there are a wide array of television ...

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Stupidity, Stupidity - Definitions, Stupidity - Stupidity manifested by the educated, Stupidity - Stupidity in comedy, Stupidity - Pretending stupidity as a sales tactic, Stupidity - Individual stupidity vs collective stupidity, Stupidity - Quotes

Read more here: » Stupidity: Encyclopedia II - Stupidity - Stupidity in comedy

Pretending to be less intelligent than your prospect is a form of pretending to be stupid without irony that is exploited by salespeople. As in most fields, to be successful requires a great deal of intelligence. However, if one is selling something, the prospective buyer must feel as though he is in control. Therefore, it can help to know how to pretend to be stupid. The most successful people tend to be extremely intelligent despite their pretended idiocy, particularly when their prospect is of above average intelligence, or is himself trained in such sales techniques. The televisi ...

See also:

Stupidity, Stupidity - Definitions, Stupidity - Stupidity manifested by the educated, Stupidity - Stupidity in comedy, Stupidity - Pretending stupidity as a sales tactic, Stupidity - Individual stupidity vs collective stupidity, Stupidity - Quotes

Read more here: » Stupidity: Encyclopedia II - Stupidity - Pretending stupidity as a sales tactic