Regarding intelligence and stupidity.... Intelligence is hard to define, but stupidity may be a little easier. Using the K.I.S.S. principle, I would think that if using intellectual assets brings about unnecessary negative conditions, then stupidity has joined the fray. Making nuclear weapons requires more intelligence than I have, but making them also seems to be as stupid as it gets. Therefore, is intelligence an asset of survival or an existential danger. Using the above, worms may not be smart creatures, but they can't make nuclear weapons. We can..... i.e., the intelligent species. On the other hand, you don't have to be a genius to understand that crossing the street on a red light can kill you, but you have to be stupid to do so.. So you're right, the two conditions exist on a different plane, but one does not exist without the other. i.e., the more intelligent you are, the more stupid you can be... E = MC2.... It took a genius to come up with the formula, but an idiot to use it for a bomb.
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Regarding intelligence and stupidity.... Intelligence is hard to define, but stupidity may be a little easier. Using the K.I.S.S. principle, I would think that if using intellectual assets brings about unnecessary negative conditions, then stupidity has joined the fray. Making nuclear weapons requires more intelligence than I have, but making them also seems to be as stupid as it gets. Therefore, is intelligence an asset of survival or an existential danger. Using the above, worms may not be smart creatures, but they can't make nuclear weapons. We can..... i.e., the intelligent species. On the other hand, you don't have to be a genius to understand that crossing the street on a red light can kill you, but you have to be stupid to do so.. So you're right, the two conditions exist on a different plane, but one does not exist without the other. i.e., the more intelligent you are, the more stupid you can be... E = MC2.... It took a genius to come up with the formula, but an idiot to use it for a bomb.