"People become stupid *ad hoc*, that is, when they do not *want* to understand, where understanding would cause anxiety or guilt feeling, or would endanger an existing neurotic equilibrium."<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupidity#cite_note-15> ~Otto Fenichel
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Most of these people are not dumb. Mind you I've met some that > probably needed instruction manuals to put on their socks. But by and > large they are not supid. One guy I've known since we were kids is > very much into conspiracies. He is not dumb by any means - he has > multiple undergrad and post grad degrees. I think the issue is wanting > a simple secure answer - high need for closure and low tolerance for > ambiguity. That may be why conspiracy theories are very popular among > the political extremes. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360296 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
