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Domains that plot stupidity
- Magic: The goal of a magician is to misdirect your attention (make you stupid) so that you do not notice something you should have. The magician does so for entertainment purposes.
- Frauds, cons, and hoaxes: The conman engineers stupidity for their own gain.
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Stupidity
Stupidity is not the opposite of intelligence. Stupidity is overlooking or dismissing conspicuously crucial information: the information is in front of you and yet you ignore it.
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What won't help
- Checklists don't help if you race through them because the stupidity factors override them.
- Beware of rushing - if you are rushing, don't make any important decisions.
- When you are fatigued, you may think that cognitively you're okay, but your motor control skills and reflex...
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Factors that lead to stupidity
When it comes to overloading our cognitive brains, any one of these factors comes into play, but together they increase the odds that you've been cognitively compromised.
- Being outside your usual environment or changing your routines.
- Being in the presence of a group.
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