"I'm taking a chance,
this could be different.
This could be all I'm waiting for.
Taking a chance,
this could be different.
This could be all I'm waiting for.
I wanted to see something that's different,
something you said would change in me.
Wanted to be anything different,
everything you would change in me."
-Different - Acceptance
Difference causes change. Change threatens chance. Difference is chance.
I wholeheartedly believe stupidity is the only catalyst for change. Intelligence is ignorant and subjective. Sometimes even the most simple things can escalate into unfathomable complexity due to overthinking.
Why think so hard when you can be stupid?
The law of parsimony, or better known as Ockham's Razor, states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory. Or better phrased, Occam's razor would demand the acceptance of the simplest possible theoretical explanation for the existing problem.
Stupidity gives us the ability to do something different, something ridiculous, and most importantly, it gives us the ability to do what may just be right. So many achievements have been made possible by sheer luck and stupidity; doing things differently and unsystematically.
The key to life is not always about following the right paths, making the right choices, or even thinking about decisions. I believe the key to life is the adaption to the change, by changing.
Being stupid is making mistakes. Being stupid is saying the wrong things. Being stupid is not thinking. Being stupid is not doing anything. Being stupid is hoping for change, without action. Being stupid is failing to do the right thing.
But sometimes, being stupid is smart. Without failure, how can one possibly succeed or even see what is right? After all is said and done, true value arises from failure.
Sometimes to endure, we must turn our brain off, and focus on using our heart. Smart people may make the right choices, but can they endure? Sometimes to endure, we must not think about what is happening, but last until we can focus on what should happen.
Just like a little seed, placed in the harshest, driest environment; may lie dormant for years and years, until it has the chance to be bathed in a rare, tranquil rain, and be able to grow.
As long as there is something there, it still has a chance to grow. We aren't always able to be placed in favorable places, but we must always be able to learn and grow from it.
even a little seed can still grow!
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I almost completely disagree with your thesis, mostly because it's scattered and the word choice doesn't seem to be accurate, with exception to the fifth full paragraph ("Being stupid is making..."). The first sentence, too, is a nearly perfect example of a post hoc fallacy.
I think by difference, you mean rejection of the status quo; by chance, you mean opportunity; by stupidity, you mean impartial inquiry (quite the opposite). Being stupid means maintaining an unreasonable, irrational, unquestioning, superficial, and/or obscure intellectual state. If we fail, we should change our course of action because we recognize faults (not something a stupid person does).
Endurance, also, is a measure of intelligence. Signs of intelligence, I would hope, don't include "ignoran[ce] and subjectiv[ity]." Rather, intelligence manifests through objectivity and careful inquest. Ultimately, stupid behavior doesn't allow one to endure the path to a goal. Focusing on the correct aspects of a path toward one's goal allows for survival and makes persistence more bearable. Does this accurately characterize stupidity? Surely, it doesn't unless one's goals are very, very misguided and short-sighted.
haha, ryan. you're the last person i'd expect to think stupidity is the catalyst for change. if people acted at their base level all the time, in my eyes, nothing would change. you say we overthink... smart people, of which you know you are one, almost invariably do so without trying, however, it's careful and calculated decisions that prove even more crucial to a drastic and in some eyes, better overall change in civilization as we know it. i see the world dumbing down and it just depresses me.
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