"People are generally stupid," I remember making this impulsive remark in one of my high school classes and then noticing the flat look on the teacher's face. On the bus home, I thought about it. What ...

In America, not only is stupidity not frowned upon, but it's encouraged. Reality shows like "The Jersey Shore" and "Buckwild" reward stupidity. This has become a part of American culture that we ...

The word to use when you don’t know what else to say, “stupid,” is having a bit of a moment right now as a favored phrase of Donald Trump. But what is stupid? Stupid is what stupid does is probably ...

Daily human interactions bring into focus some distinct groups of people: the hapless downtrodden, the intelligent person whose gains also reflect on societal advancements, the thieving bandit and the ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. When someone says that another person is intelligent, you ...

Charlie Munger, the business partner of Warren Buffett and vice chairman at Berkshire Hathaway, is famous for saying, "All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I'll never go there." That ...

The original purpose of the internet has been lost. When the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched the first online network in the late 1960s, it set the stage for a technological ...