Daily Archives: March 26, 2003

Definition of Stupidity Revisited

Earlier, I gave the definition of stupid as that which goes against logic and reason. In light of what I’ve been saying that humans only do that which is beneficial to them, I’m redefining stupidity for agnoiology. Stupidity consists of choices and conditions that do harm. However, everyone calculates harm vs. benefit differently, especially when different amounts of risks are factored in. I’m going with what I think is stupid and what causes the most amount of happiness in the most amount of people.

The definition isn’t quite a redefinition because I consider that which is illogical to be harmful. It’s almost the same, but I’m putting it in terms that better fit my philosophical stance. It’s good that I have this weblog, so I can put up ideas and change them before posting them on a site. Agnoiology.com won’t be up until at least late April, or more likely, not until June.