Problem
Intellectual inefficiency
Other Names:
StupidityMentally challenged people
Lack of intellectual development
Impairments of intellectual functioning
Nature:
Stupidity is an indiscriminate privilege of all human groups, irrespective of race, class, creed or level of education (including Nobel laureates). It is uniformly distributed according to a constant proportion.
Incidence:
According to a 2014 report released by the National Science Foundation, 26% —a quarter —of the U.S population believes that the Sun revolves around the Earth. In the same survey, 39% of Americans believe in the Big Bang Theory, and only 48% believe in Evolution. This deficiency in scientific knowledge might sound alarming, however Americans made out better on several of the questions than did the Chinese and European populations that took part in a similar, although slightly older, poll. In 2005, the European Union put out a survey where only 66% of Europeans answered the basic astronomy question correctly. Fortunately, both China and the EU managed considerably better (66% and 70%) on the question of human evolution.
Broader Problems:
IdlenessUnintelligenceMental illness Intellectual disability Narrower Problems:
DementiaLegal absurditiesUnderutilization of intellectual ability Related Problems:
Retarded socializationProscribed thinking and behaviour Strategies:
Dumbing downReducing stupidityReducing stupidityProviding sufficient intellectual developmentAbstaining from intellectual development References:
Welles, James F: Understanding Stupidity Subject(s):
Cybernetics → Cybernetics Development → Development
Health Care → Handicapped
Health Care → Mental health
Psychology → Psychology
Social Activity → Intellectual work
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Society → People
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST