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

Comments

[Ange Lobue, MD]

I suspect (and hope) you are using the word stupidity to represent errors in the judgment of individuals who have the capacity to use their intelligence but for reasons IN THEIR CONTROL choose not to do so. This would be in contrast to those who are unable to use intelligence as a result of disabilities OUT OF THEIR CONTROL.

It is interesting to me that we often see an absence of compassion and empathy in individuals who appear to demonstrate other normal cognitive functions. It has been postulated that a paucity of mirror neurons may play a role in the inability to experience these emotions. One such area in which there may be a developmental disability is autism.

However, in individuals who are thought to have no such disability, such as those whose philosophical or political viewpoints are deeply enmeshed with an "every man for himself," "survival of the fittest," "Darwinian" matrix, we might, if we looked carefully enough, in fact, find such a disability.

Perhaps the day will come when political leaders will have to undergo a functional MRI and/or other tests to determine their numbers of mirror neurons before they are permitted to run for public office.