Timothy Lawton

7/20/1999

Stupidity, the science of the moron, the pass-time of the idiot
Seldom has mankind achieved such perfection as he has in the realm of ignorance
Were it space travel we would have flown to the very edges of the universe
Were it biology life on this planet would rival the Garden of Eden
Were it philosophy long ago mankind would have learned to live in peace and harmony
But no, it is none of these things we have chosen to master
Nothing to our benefit, nothing to our good fortune
Rather, we have chosen to become experts in the one field where none are needed
Professors of the preposterous doctors of the dumb
Think something and they haven’t had the thought
Name something and they don’t know about it
Quote something and they’ll never have heard it
Say something and they’ll be sure to misunderstand
Yet, it is the degree which we all deny we have
Strange isn’t it
The most monumental achievement of all mankind’s history is our sheer stupidity
And it’s the one thing no one is willing to take the credit for