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:—''[[Hanlon’s razor]]''}} | :—''[[Hanlon’s razor]]''}} | ||
Italian economic historian and raconteur | Italian economic historian and raconteur Carlo Cipolla pinned down [[stupidity]] in his 1976 essay ''Le leggi fondamentali della stupidità umana'' — “the basic laws of human stupidity”. A worthy endeavour, but one from which the world appears not to have learned much in half a century. Which probably tells you everything you need to know. | ||
Anyway, Cipolla’s laws of human stupidity boil down, broadly, to the following: | Anyway, Cipolla’s laws of human stupidity boil down, broadly, to the following: | ||