Yes, but is every person you think is stupid, actually stupid? Do they actually lack intelligence? Are they reacting to something they see, that you do not?
The whole point is to understand the context and look for solutions. Not just dismiss people you don’t like or don’t want to deal with by labeling them as stupid or lazy.
If you’ve exhausted the other options or ways to approach the problem, perhaps stupid is the explanation.
The classic Hanlon's razor is "Don't attribute to malice what which is adequately explained by stupidity."
I like the variations that take it one step further, "Don't attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by ignorance", and "Don't attribute to ignorance that which is adequately explained by bad luck."
>> "Don't attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by ignorance from your part
+1 for this. Techy types are too quick to judge others as "idiots". And yet, the same type of people will get very outraged when others or their boss does the same to them
> Techy types are too quick to judge others as "idiots".
I wouldn't say too quick, probably just quick. Have you thought about that why that is ?
My running theory is that because people and skills in the tech industry have historically been discredited, they have developed a distaste for people who can't "deal with this computer shit".
What seems stupid to you is usually reasonable in their reference frame. The example du jour is any type of strongly held belief, whether that be in religion or politics, or whatever else. Someone can hold a fundamental, axiomatic view such that the logical consequences of that view might seem stupid to us, but we don't hold those same axioms.
So, we had manager who systematically misinterpreted what people said. Sometimes with bad intention, other times honestly no understanding and making absurd guesses.
Having to watch the consequences of that, that person was not doing something reasonable from different point of view. It was not about axioms. It was harming everyone including that manager. (That the manager got or kept position is indictment of our company. I am fully aware.)
This is such a lazy answer to a complex problem-set. The reason why it always breaks down too this, is that we can not perceive "different". All we have is "similar" to us comparison. Not similar to us is judged by outcome - which is why stupid/godlike flickers. Genius is repeatedly not getting it, judging it stupid, but the outcome is working/superior.
The sad truth is, we cant really see other people behaviour-wise. Aliens could be walking in our midst and we couldn't perceive them.
