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> Logically, it should be exactly, equally hard to be wrong all the time, but somehow more people achieve it.

Cipolla's first law of stupidity[1]:

Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla

If only C. Cipolla's literary heirs were not so assiduous at trying to erase his contribution. Re-post the article he explained his thesis in, and expect a nasty note from their lawyer.

Carlo himself, while he lived, welcomed re-publication. His heirs spit on his memory.

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