EXTREME UNIVERSITY THE FACULTY OF STUPIDITY Why not? If we can study geography or physics, why couldn't we study stupidity? Is stupidity something worse than physics or geography? Maybe it could be a part of them. Or maybe vice versa... The profound and thorough knowledge of this phenomenon should be the most important priority for science. It's high time to describe stupidity, to classify its types and varieties, to learn to recognise it properly... Is it possible? It is, though won't be easy, no doubt. Stupidity is not that stupid as it may seem. Oh, no! Stupidity is very cunning and sly. Can we consider slyness and cunningness the features, the manifestations of wisdom? Really doubtful it is. It can camouflage unexpectedly and extraordinarily. It has numerous, even uncountable, masks ready for use and puts them on very cleverly and skilfully. It can disguise same easily, well, it can even change its form, face, countenance, measures. What a great number of strategies to be examined, explored and tested! What a great variety of ducking techniques! What a great number of escaping methods! How numerous ways of hiding! A wardrobe full of caps of invisibility. Enormous talent for mimicry, including the gift which makes devastating chaos and confusion in one's mind: now, stupidity takes the form of wisdom, puts the attire of wisdom on, uses the speech of wisdom, ideally imitate gestures of wisdom... What makes the situation much worse is the fact wisdom quite often sounds really crude (and rude), as if it didn't know subtleness at all; and although it does not put the attire of stupidity, does not disguise, it is considered stupidity. What I'm going to write in this very moment should be written with even smaller letters: sometimes wisdom is just stupid. I don't mean that it is stupid to be wise, no, sometimes wise is just stupid and that's all. Well, how can we separate and distinguish them? You see? There's a lot to be learned and explored. There are plenty of topics for dissertations and scientific researches. Of course, we are aware that obtaining BA or MA or PhD in stupidity sounds quite strange, even stupid, since it will suggest to the stupid that they do with a master of stupidity, or somebody burdened with enormous, sealed and confirmed stupidity, while in fact it is not so. Let's think: MA in geography means only that somebody knows geography very well, but themselves are not a geography. Also MA in stupidity means that somebody will only know a lot about stupidity, but themselves will not be stupid. Unless they were overwhelmed by the amount of work. Of course, we can refer to Greek, as usually. Anoisia means stupidity. So, anoisiology can be the scientific study of stupidity – stupidology. MA in anoisiology sounds really good. Brings neither shame nor suspicion. Fortunately EU confers no titles (because it considers them stupid – this is one of many reasons), so you can just stop bother about it. OK. Let's work. We have to hurry up. Stupidity is not lazy, although it may seem so. No, really not. On the contrary. It is surprisingly diligent. Does not use a take-it-easy strategy. Slowly, or maybe not so slowly, it conquers, one by one, the fortresses of wisdom. We have to concentrate and defend ourselves more efficiently, even counter-attack. Here is the list of lectures: The origin of stupidity Stupidity, what is it? Why is the world stupid? Is Liberland stupid, and if so then why? (Non)Banality of stupidity Typology of stupidity How can stupidity be measured? How can stupidity be disseminated The breathtaking career of stupidity What is stupidity for Detecting stupidity As for workshops and practical training, most probably we will focus on constructing a device for detecting stupidity, or a silly detector. <<<