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Systemic Stupidity - The Uncontious action of ignorance or stupidity in wich one creates a system of events in wich becomes the cause of his own problems.

Written By: Peter j Dragon Discussed With: Alex Smith (Admin Wired-Networks LTD)

"Systemic Stupididty" sys•tem•ic (sĭ-stĕm'ĭk, -stē'mĭk) adj. Of or relating to systems or a system.

1:Relating to or affecting the entire body or an entire organism: systemic symptoms; a systemic poison. 2:Relating to or affecting a particular body system, especially the nervous system: a systemic lesion. 3:Physiology. Of or relating to systemic circulation.

stu•pid•i•ty (stū-pĭd'ĭ-tē, styū-) n., pl. -ties.

1:The quality or condition of being stupid. 2:A stupid act, remark, or idea. - Example: "I pulled a Youmans"

This is one of the distinctive features of American culture: we do not have "An" answer for or "The" solution to a given question or problem. We have a variety of answers and solutions from which we can pick the one which is most appealing if not most relevant. So basicly most people in America, Preffer to have multiple choice answers to there everyday questions. (With a handfull of exceptions of course.)

This Breif caption above is part of the basis for this Article, Wikipedia, or what ever it will turn out to be is based off of. Or at least one of the ideas that i had when i was sitting here today as of 01-04-2006. Basicly the thought came to me as i was sitting here talking with Alex, A mate of mine who shares the same background as me.

Systemic Stupidity i thought to myself is a good name for everything i see when it comes to mans enept inability to deal with new things, Technical things and all things foreign to him. in a nutshell for example, If you give a man a new toy, Will say a VCR. Most guys or women will see this as somthing they wish to get up and running to enjoy, And they will skip the part of setting the VCR Clock or reading the instructions. Now why this is not much of a big deal to most. It paints the example to best understand the mindset. When the persons owning the VCR Now wishes to record a program, They call the support desk and speak to a freindly voice. In doing so thay ask the question. How can i set the VCR To record My TV Show 24. The tech kindly instrusts them how to do this. .But they run into a snag. The clock on the VCR Isnt set so they have to abort the proccess. Now the tech needs to show them the simple proccess of setting the clock. The tech does so and then procceeds help them set there VCR to record there fine programing.

Now I know you are looking to the punchline, Or the point. The point is simple. Because of the owners ignorance as to how to set up there product initialy, and there instinctive ignorance to read the manualt to set the clock. When they started going thru the system of help that the support desk offered, They cost themselfve a extra 5 minutes in troubleshooting for not taking 2 minutes to set the clock when they first set up there VCR.

This is the area that My term "Systemic Stupidity" comes in. Its not ment as a insult or a cool way of belittling people. Instead it is a Identification of the truth that in our society today it is more acceptable to rely on many others then ones self that it has now become instinctive in nature for acts of stupidity to happen. More so at a uncouncious level. As seen in above where the persons didnt take the time to look over what they had purchased, It is these actions wich can cause most problems that people go thru. more so of a self inflicting proccess that once done is then blame on everyone else except the person who was the cause of there own problem.

More comming soon as i write it