Stupidity Can Kill

There is nothing more endangering for our species and Earth as humans' stupidity. Now it appears that working with idiots isn't only annoying but it can kill you. Apparently it is very stressful to work with stupid people. It is a source of frustrations. How do you cope with stupidity. You don't say to someone to stop being such an idiot. It is against social rules. Usually people keep to themselves those frustrations and it can lead to very serious stress and health consequences.

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It is similar to being surrounded by people who are negative. We tend to become influenced by their negativity because of our mirror neurons that get us to do the same thing as the person we are watching (it explains infectious yawning). We learn by observing and imitating other people and it all happens on subconscious level. Thus, there is a risk we can become idiotic. Scary, it can happen i situation when we can't really handle the bad atmosphere, and ineffective work caused by lack of thinking, our brain chooses to adapt and save itself a lot of stress. In Rome do as Rome does...Bad idea! Better solution would be to stay patient and clever and wait the stupid ones become influenced and will follow.

Tags: idiocy, team work, mirror neurons