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-<fs xx-large>Stupidity</fs> is the property of a person, action or belief instantiated by virtue of having or being indicative of low [[intelligence]] or poor learning abilities.
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+Stupidity is the property of a person, action or belief instantiated by virtue of having or being indicative of low [[intelligence]] or poor learning abilities.
 "Being indicative" is the operative term here, however, as most accusations of stupidity often come down to the failure or inability to comprehend another person's [[perspective]]. In the overwhelming majority of cases, it is an expression of illusory superiority at work, whereas people tend to believe that they are smarter, better, more rational than others. Usually this presents as "what X is doing is stupid" when really all that's happening is that they don't understand why another person did a thing. The problem is that what people do usually always makes sense to oneself, because your thoughts make sense to yourself, but an outside observer doesn't have all that information. When you make mistakes or even just do normal things, you know why you do them and why they make sense from your perspective, while from someone else's perspective, especially if they are doing their own things rather than fully focusing on your stuff, your actions may not make sense. Once they "don't make sense" and if emotions are involved, then this will quickly devolve into "what they are doing is stupid". This ("X is/did something dumb") can be observed in soccer games, Rocket League, driving/traffic, politicians (who usually have more intricate motivations beyond what is presented on surface level, which often causes them to act in what seems to be highly contradictory ways - see [[Donald Trump]]), etc.