tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post3025907929950528975..comments2024-03-29T09:10:22.049-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: Hoffer on StupidityBilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-11167325154410071612012-06-13T18:15:19.963-04:002012-06-13T18:15:19.963-04:00"The difference between genius and stupidity ..."The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits."<br /><br />"Nothing is idiot-proof because they keep making better idiots."<br /><br />"Remember, half the people in the world are below average."<br /><br />I don't who originally said these, but they are certainly accurate.allenwoodhavennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-5383900745820074642012-06-13T13:50:38.083-04:002012-06-13T13:50:38.083-04:00Isn't that a picture of Reagan? The orginal fo...Isn't that a picture of Reagan? The orginal founder of the new stupid movement.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-20433063832237260192012-06-13T13:09:55.385-04:002012-06-13T13:09:55.385-04:00Andrea - I wish there were a vaccine I could get.....Andrea - I wish there were a vaccine I could get...<br /><br />Gilahi - Oscar Wilde is always good for a quote on almost any topic, isn't he?<br /><br />Duckbutt - good point. The degree of commitment to a movement or idea is something that isn't always considered by the media when looking at some of these loudly active groups.<br /><br />Angelique - Frank Zappa was a smarter guy than I perhaps gave him credit for!<br /><br />Kathy - You are officially the only other person I've ever run across (other than my Mother) who has actually read "The True Believer." I'm very impressed!<br /><br />Peggy - please let me know what you think after you've read them. I'm always interested in another opinion!Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-20455065248759243282012-06-13T10:44:28.676-04:002012-06-13T10:44:28.676-04:00I'm going to the library today. You just gave ...I'm going to the library today. You just gave me another book to add to my list. Thx Bilbo!Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04247428494327269983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-33331502878187866922012-06-13T08:24:33.982-04:002012-06-13T08:24:33.982-04:00The True Believer is a good, easy to read book.The True Believer is a good, easy to read book.Banana Oilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004217036311659503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-35731812727870349742012-06-13T07:06:02.370-04:002012-06-13T07:06:02.370-04:00Frank Zappa once said that there is a certain char...Frank Zappa once said that there is a certain charm to stupidity; but never for ignorance. I don't know in what context.eViL pOp TaRthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15039755407564122331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-72152654159358953872012-06-13T06:23:48.237-04:002012-06-13T06:23:48.237-04:00Stupis is as stupid does. Over and over. I have ...Stupis is as stupid does. Over and over. I have the sense that many of the participants in those movements you mention are only half committed. This is good; it reduces those groups' impacts.Duckbutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878511021628395308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-84914039939385672992012-06-13T06:10:45.997-04:002012-06-13T06:10:45.997-04:00Well then, just to continue in the Oscar Wilde vei...Well then, just to continue in the Oscar Wilde vein that I was in yesterday, here's an apropos quote: "I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the smallest sense of humanity. Moral people, as they are termed, are simple beasts. I would sooner have fifty unnatural vices than one unnatural virtue."Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.com