This is something I have often pondered and moreso in the last deccade. Which is worse ; evil or stupid. Every time I come to stupid is worse because evil does not want to fuck themselves over as well so there is somewhat of a limit to what they will do.
And “good” vs “evil” is relative anyway. Even someone like Hitler would have believed he was doing something for the better good, even if it was a completed twisted view. For me, what is important is internal self-consistency. Do you have a reasoned position and hold on to it? Then you are probably not stupid.
This is something I have often pondered and moreso in the last deccade. Which is worse ; evil or stupid. Every time I come to stupid is worse because evil does not want to fuck themselves over as well so there is somewhat of a limit to what they will do.
Carlo Cipolla knew the answer to your question. https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Basic_Laws_of_Human_Stupidity
And “good” vs “evil” is relative anyway. Even someone like Hitler would have believed he was doing something for the better good, even if it was a completed twisted view. For me, what is important is internal self-consistency. Do you have a reasoned position and hold on to it? Then you are probably not stupid.