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The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity, by Carlo M. Cipolla, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley, in Whole Earth Review, Spring 1987 "Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation." "The probability that a certain person be...
Posted by Michael Bates on September 21, 2013 1:22 PM
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