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[Philosophy] Are There Limits to Human Stupidity? (iai.tv)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org to c/humanities@beehaw.org

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Good read on the attainment of perfection and accepting our flaws.

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[–] TheTrueLinuxDev@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

[–] Butterbee@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I came here explicitly to upvote whoever had written this. My gut reaction to the title was an emphatic and very certain "NO."

[–] ipkpjersi@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It's still such a wonderful quote and it's absolutely true.