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 If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us 
out?"  
 If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us 
out?" 
 The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
 With loads of learned lumber in his head.  
 The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
 With loads of learned lumber in his head. 
 Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken 
him a great deal of pains to read more 
 Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken 
him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an 
excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature. 
It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful.
It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful.
 Peter was dull; he was at first
 Dull;--Oh, so dull--so very dull!
  Whether he talked, wrote, or read more 
 Peter was dull; he was at first
 Dull;--Oh, so dull--so very dull!
  Whether he talked, wrote, or rehearsed--
   Still with his dulness was he cursed--
    Dull--beyond all conception--dull. 
 Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural 
stupidity.  
 Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural 
stupidity. 
The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others
The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
 When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always 
declares that it is his duty.  
 When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always 
declares that it is his duty.