It took us approximately 2.0 millions of years, but we made it. Homo Erectus managed to evolve into Homo Imbecillus. And what a species we became.

Idiots are everywhere, you can see them at the super market, at the bank, at every tv show and especially realities, or even at the government. They can be rich or poor, illiterate or with major universities degrees, young or old, in every country, and they are the majority too. In fact idiots rule this world.

Some people are born stupid, because they inherit it from their parents, because of implications during pregnancy (mothers are not famous for their scientific knowledge), during birth (nor are obstetricians), because of diseased during childhood, or for other reasons. Some become stupid, because they get a certain education, or rather, lack of it, or simply because they grow up amongst idiots and they don’t need to use their brain.

But it is a dangerous disease, it spreads really fast, it can affect everyone and it can’t be cured. If there was a way to discover a medicine for it no minister of health would allow it’s distribution, because it would affect his position (people would understand they voted for an idiot), and no doctor would every research it, they think this is too worthless a task to bother themselves with, as they think they are surely too smart for it. Only some geneticists claim to be able to produce smarter people, but they seem to be even more stupid, until they prove they are smarter. Plus many other professionals are not particularly interested in curing the disease, because they would be out of business. Clerics, popes, tv “stars”, singers, actors and politicians only to name a few. The world economy would collapse.

Nature is smart and has a balance. But in the case of human brain, she made an exception. Because if there was a balance we should all be either smart or stupid, or there would be an even distribution. But no, the vast majority of humans are total idiots.

You can tell instantly an idiot, they have some special characteristics. To name but a few, they have a portentous look, and they hate humor and laughter. Maybe because they hate the funny side of life or because they understand they are perfect expressions of it. They usually like to advertise themselves, by their titles at their business cards (they know nobody will ever confirm them), by trying to convince everyone how magnificent they are and what they have achieved, by copying words of great people and using their quotes, or by simply opening an old dictionary and using words no one would ever understand. Because if you understand what they are saying, boy, are they lost. Others just don’t understand when to start or stop speaking. Or don’t understand anything at all.

Idiots are afraid of everything new, if it’s not in the bible, it’s a sin. They wait until afterlife to live, and spend their time trying to get rich, buying as much as they can. They believe their god will not send them to hell if they make good deeds. So in between ripping off people to reduce their own misery, they send money to charities. They are the same people who believe Bush is a savior, and not a total imbecile, indescribable sack of meat who knows nothing about anything at all, and makes wars to save people from countries they don’t even know where they are.  He wants oil, and he kills humans for it. There is no war for terrorism, there is only greed and stupidity. What a terrible combination.

There is another terrible combination, and it is almost as dangerous as the previous one. Stupidity and hope. These two can make your brain minced meat, and I am afraid the majority of brains on this planet are like that. Just think of how many people try to buy out one god or another, by giving donations, or believing in holy paintings and sculptures. Just think of how much some people make by the naivety of others and their hope for a better future. No rationality whatsoever. If they were rational, they would understand, there are no miracles, no saviors, no holy books or paintings who cry, sneeze, cough or spit. And instead of asking their personal gods of stupid favors, they would ask for brains.

I don’t believe the ones who exploit the naive are smart. They are cunning, but not smart. A smart individual doesn’t really care about wealth or fame. And surely he/she does not want to associate with idiots, because she cannot stand them. She understands there is one lifetime and it’s the one you live right now, she can’t sacrifice precious time. She is not afraid of tomorrow and anything new, not even death (nobody wants to die, but it is after all inevitable), and she hates restrictions, especially the ones they enforce her. She restricts herself, when she needs to, because she is rational. A smart person cannot be the president of the U.S.A.. A smart person does not spend time sending chain spam messages. A smart person does not watch reality shows.

I don’t exclude myself or anyone who reads this, we all are equally capable and most probable of stupidity. Oh well, that makes life interesting and funny. Plus, there is a good thing about being stupid, as Socratis said, the less we understand, the happier we are. So cheers to that.