The curse of mediocrity!

Borumand_M
by Borumand_M
10-Oct-2007
 

Any popular idea or belief must be dumb or at least have a dumb version! For an average Joe to like something, subscribe to it, believe in it or pay for it, it has to be something he appreciates and can relate to. That's why Harry Potter sells for millions but Kant's "Critique of pure reason" is only read by few! That may also explain the reason behind so many dumb politicians on world stage today (Spare me from naming names but if you are an Iranian living in US you should have no difficulty coming up with couple of examples!). The curse of mediocrity has it's roots in statistics' normal (bell curve) distribution! For lack of a better term I borrow the expression "Law of large numbers" from the statisticians to explain what I mean. In social context the law reads as follows: Anything that is believed by, subscribed to or is appealing to a large number of people naturally and "normally" lacks sophistication. This is just a raw idea so take it easy and don't read too much into it!

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MB Views expressed in these blogs naturally lack scientific rigor and are meant to be taken with a grain of salt. However that does not mean they have no truth in them and we know truth hurts at times! I take it the harshest critics of my view have read Harry Potter cover to cover! Borumand_M.


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Media-o-crazy

by caspianseamermaid (not verified) on

Have a look at Erich Fromm's ideas on 'pathological normalcy'. The real psychiatric condition that causes wars and genocide.


fozolie

oh what a load of codswallop (go look that up!)

by fozolie on

Stop looking down at everyone and stop showing off. Bet you have not even read the Critique or if you have, did not understand it, otherwise you would not have come up with such pretentious nonsense.

Mr. Fozolie