10 Ways to Tell if You're an Idiot (Eyes Right) (Viewpoint Essay‪)‬

Henry Louis Mencken, American journalist, social commentator, and philosopher, once remarked "The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind." He was right, of course; human beings, strange creatures that we are, appear unshakeably inclined towards grasping the wrong end of the stick, as firmly, as self-destructively, and as often as possible.