You can combat evil. Evil has plans and goals. Evil is rational (at least within the human sense).
What you cannot fight is stupid, because it is simply there and it is persistent. It permeates humanity and human behavior. It's why we have warning labels on stuff telling people not to do things (like make toast while taking a bath). Why …
You can combat evil. Evil has plans and goals. Evil is rational (at least within the human sense).
What you cannot fight is stupid, because it is simply there and it is persistent. It permeates humanity and human behavior. It's why we have warning labels on stuff telling people not to do things (like make toast while taking a bath). Why we always warn people about driving and texting.... about wearing your seat belt... a lot of things.
It is a continual effort to simply mitigate the worst effects of stupid. It kills thousands every year. Sickens or cripples more.
People like Howley feed on stupid. They need it to survive. Go though the checkout line at a lot of places and look at the racks by the register--at the tabloids, with their front page stupid for all to see and buy. Youtube is full of examples of stupid that people laugh at (and then go and do something as equally stupid).
No amount of education or training can fix it. It is in the bone.
When you combine the stupid with the willingness of people to believe things that make them happy (even if they are lies), you get a "winning" combination.
You can combat evil. Evil has plans and goals. Evil is rational (at least within the human sense).
What you cannot fight is stupid, because it is simply there and it is persistent. It permeates humanity and human behavior. It's why we have warning labels on stuff telling people not to do things (like make toast while taking a bath). Why we always warn people about driving and texting.... about wearing your seat belt... a lot of things.
It is a continual effort to simply mitigate the worst effects of stupid. It kills thousands every year. Sickens or cripples more.
People like Howley feed on stupid. They need it to survive. Go though the checkout line at a lot of places and look at the racks by the register--at the tabloids, with their front page stupid for all to see and buy. Youtube is full of examples of stupid that people laugh at (and then go and do something as equally stupid).
No amount of education or training can fix it. It is in the bone.
When you combine the stupid with the willingness of people to believe things that make them happy (even if they are lies), you get a "winning" combination.
No, they feed on evil
No. They are evil, but evil needs stupid like fires need oxygen.