This thought comes to my mind mostly, when I hear politicians say (Indian politicians, I do not know about others) "Do you think the common people are stupid?" Or, "Voters are not stupid, they understand what's right or wrong." These are mostly used by oppositions when they do not support an action of the ruling party (actually they do not support any action of the ruling party, even if they are good). Also, ruling party when they want to assure the people that what the ruling party is doing is right. This one I find is one of the biggest lies ever. People are Stupid. But if you are in politics, this is single most dangerous truth to say in public. People are absolutely stupid I think people are absolutely dumb and there should not be any controversy, it is so obvious. Let me explain. We over generalise everything. In some cases this over generalisation it is very wrong. Here is the thing. People have understanding in very few domains, are exper