On 6 Dec 2007, at 03:46, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > 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.
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