On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
> If you're thinking of "stupid" as meaning "inclined to mental laziness",
> I'd probably agree, but my personal working definition of "stupid" is
> (more or less) "totally incapable of comprehending something". I don't
> believe the concepts are equivalent, and I don't believe most people fit
> that definition of stupid.
I have several categories for people who don't have given information or
knowledge:
1) Ignorant (but probably willing to learn, or at least not rejecting the
information)
2) Willfully ignorant (actively rejecting the information)
3) Stupid
Ignorance can be "cured" with information. Stupidity can't. Willful
ignorance is the worst, IMO. Brittle dogmatism leads to willful ignorance
in a number of cases, hence is a very negative thing.
Julia
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