Just Can't Fix Stupid

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Quote from: Barthheart on June 06, 2017, 09:24:28 AM


I read where the driver was going to be charged for repairing that section, and it was something like $12k.  He was a teenager, and in his defense, he said that he couldn't tell that the cement was fresh and he thought that it was a left turn lane.

JasonPratt

...a left turn lane conveniently marked off by orange-and-white traffic cones...

Methinks he slept through part of driver's ed.
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Quote from: panzerde on June 09, 2017, 02:35:47 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla
Man that guy's essay is genius!  I was thinking that he left out a place for people who while helping others, enrich themselves far more but they really do fit into intelligent people.  Nothing about intelligence requires morality. 

panzerde

Quote from: bobarossa on June 10, 2017, 02:21:31 PM
Quote from: panzerde on June 09, 2017, 02:35:47 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla
Man that guy's essay is genius!  I was thinking that he left out a place for people who while helping others, enrich themselves far more but they really do fit into intelligent people.  Nothing about intelligence requires morality.


Certainly does a nice job of capturing it all, doesn't it? One thing from it that I've really taken to heart in my business is that dealing with stupid people is amazingly costly. Far better to avoid doing so.

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