There’s a problem of distinguishing between stupid people and stupid actions.
That’d be (akin to) fundamental attribution bias. I think this is a very plausible effect, e.g. via examples of ‘stupidity’ being more salient and available than all the other times someone acted reasonable or intelligently.
I think that on average, there are few brightly stupid people so when we eventually run into even one it makes a lasting impression.
Is “brightly stupid people” something like obviously and generally stupid people?
Stupidity (and intelligence) are or can be incredibly diverse. I can think of ‘stupid’ people that nevertheless also displayed relatively sophisticated ‘cunning’. And even ‘not-stupid’ people will sometimes invent elaborate and convoluted workarounds to avoid a simpler and cheaper solution.
There’s a problem distinguishing stupidity and ignorance too.
Maybe I’ve become boringly charitable towards too many people, but I don’t think ‘people are stupid’ is particularly accurate in general. I don’t think ‘people are ignorant’ is either.
That’d be (akin to) fundamental attribution bias. I think this is a very plausible effect, e.g. via examples of ‘stupidity’ being more salient and available than all the other times someone acted reasonable or intelligently.
Is “brightly stupid people” something like obviously and generally stupid people?
Stupidity (and intelligence) are or can be incredibly diverse. I can think of ‘stupid’ people that nevertheless also displayed relatively sophisticated ‘cunning’. And even ‘not-stupid’ people will sometimes invent elaborate and convoluted workarounds to avoid a simpler and cheaper solution.
There’s a problem distinguishing stupidity and ignorance too.
Maybe I’ve become boringly charitable towards too many people, but I don’t think ‘people are stupid’ is particularly accurate in general. I don’t think ‘people are ignorant’ is either.