Universal Laws Of Human Stupidity

 In 1976, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as humanity’s greatest existential threat: Stupidity.

 Stupid people, Carlo M. Cipolla explained, share several identifying traits: they are abundant, they are irrational, and they cause problems for others without apparent benefit to themselves, thereby lowering society’s total well-being. There are no defenses against stupidity, argued the Italian-born professor, who died in 2000.

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PETTING a wild lion is something you'd never expect to see on someone's holiday checklist.

And yet, that is exactly what one tourist decided to do while on safari in Tanzania. 

A video is doing the rounds on the internet that shows a jeep pull up alongside a lion in the Serengeti National Park.

The man then proceeds to open the car window, despite being within spitting distance of the big cat, and a woman leans her hand out and strokes it, while the man goes to take a picture.

The lion turns around to stare at the car and a worried third passenger in the car says: "Close the window."

As the man tries to close the sliding window and fails, the unimpressed lion snaps his head and roars at the car. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztUYCE0SjJc

https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/16599044/touris-stroke-lion-safari/?

 Judge your ride-mates carefully before agreeing to ride with them.

 


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