Whenever I’m about to do something, I think, “Would an idiot do that?” And if they would, then I do not do that thing.
-Dwight K. Schrute
Reversed stupidity is not intelligence. Would an idiot drink when they’re thirsty? Yes they would.
Extremely good point! I liked this quote because I thought it was a funny way to describe taking the outside view, but you’re completely right that it advocates reversed stupidity (at least when taken completely literally).
Also a duplicate, about which I made roughly the same comment the first time it was posted.
-Dwight K. Schrute
Reversed stupidity is not intelligence. Would an idiot drink when they’re thirsty? Yes they would.
Extremely good point! I liked this quote because I thought it was a funny way to describe taking the outside view, but you’re completely right that it advocates reversed stupidity (at least when taken completely literally).
Also a duplicate, about which I made roughly the same comment the first time it was posted.