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# The Theory of Stupidity
- URL: https://www.smoothpebbles.org/the-theory-of-stupidity/
- Published: 2025-01-28T05:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-04T05:41:40.000Z
- Author: Richard Flanders

The Theory of Stupidity was written by Bonhoeffer in a Nazi prison while awaiting execution in 1945\. Very insightful!

Bonhoeffer’s short essay on stupidity is worth reading. Stupidity is not a lack of intelligence. It is willing ignorance. You can’t argue with a fool.