Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Quick, read the following and agree or disagree:

Smart people are wrong more often than stupid people.

I believe the above is true. It seems that smart people read, study, think, and propose ideas more often than stupid people. Stupid people seem to sit around and choose-your-own-stupid-activity (e.g. watch TV, surf the net, take a nap…).

An example with some numbers.

Smart Person:

• 5% error rate
• 1,000 proposed ideas
• Wrong 50 times

Stupid Person:

• 20% error rate
• 100 proposed ideas
• Wrong 20 times

See, the smart person is wrong more often than the stupid person.

Consider this the next time you wish so-and-so would stop with the wrong ideas.