5 Laws of Stupidity 1) Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. 2) The probability that a certain person will be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person. 3) A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses. 4) Nonstupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals 5) a stupid person is the most dangerous type of person -Ilaria Periss