THE UTTER GENIUS OF STUPIDITY
Who hasn’t watched the classic Farrelly brothers comedy ‘Dumb and Dumber’ without wishing they had worn incontinence pants? Observing the idiocy of others at close quarters whilst sitting comfortably in isolated judgment provides our egos with the propellant necessary to literally laugh out loud! Yet is stupidity, arguably a compelling human trait if based on my own life experiences, reserved just for comic relief? Or is it in fact a superpower that we should all learn to respect, and exploit the resultant fall out to its utmost? In 1928, returning from a fortnight's holiday a bacteriologist realized that he had foolishly allowed mold to contaminate a staphylococcus culture plate. Sir Alexander Fleming’s stupidity changed the course of medicine and the resultant discovery of penicillin has probably given you the opportunity to read this piece and for me to write it. As an inquisitive kid when I unscrewed the component parts of my bedside lamp and connected the two exposed wires, culminating in a brilliant white flash, fusing the house, and propelling my flailing body to the opposite side of the room where my head acted as a buffer, maybe it was a sign
