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Card VIII-3: BERTRAND RUSSELL – The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Series VIII · Card 3 of 21 · THE SCRIPTORIUM

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

BERTRAND RUSSELL · THE TRIUMPH OF STUPIDITY · 1933

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Source

“The Triumph of Stupidity”, newspaper column (Hearst press), 10 May 1933; reprinted in “Mortals and Others”, vol. II (1998)

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About the author

British philosopher, mathematician and Nobel laureate in literature (1872–1970). A founder of analytic philosophy and a combative critic of dogma of every kind.

The question on the back

How sure are you of your strongest convictions?