In fact there is no explanation-or better, there is only one explanation: the person in question is stupid. Nobody knows, understands, or can possibly explain why that preposterous creature does what he does. Our daily life is mostly made up of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness, and good health because of the improbable action of some preposterous creature who has nothing to gain and indeed gains nothing from causing us embarrassment, difficulties or harm. Cipolla illustrations by James Donnelly THE FIRST BASIC LAW The first basic law of human stupidity asserts without ambiguity that: Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. But upon thoughtful reflection you must admit that these are not the events that punctuate most frequently our daily life. THE BASIC LAWS OF HUMAN STUPIDITY by Carlo M. Cipolla Ebury Publishing, Business & Economics - 80 pages 1 Review Reviews aren't verified, but Google.
A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person while deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses themselves. The probability that a certain person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person. We also recollect cases in which a fellow took an action that resulted in his loss and in our gain: we had to deal with a helpless person.* We can recollect cases in which a fellow took an action by which both parties gained: he was intelligent. The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity: The International Bestseller Carlo M. Everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals among us.
“We all recollect occasions in which a fellow took an action that resulted in his gain and in our loss: we had to deal with a bandit.
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