A Short History of StupidityWe are living, it is often said, in a golden age of stupidity, in which boneheaded, mendacious politicians get elected by voters whove become too mindless to realise their interests are ill served by narcissists. Meanwhile, vapid social media influencers corrupt their no less witless followers with groundless conspiracy theories and eye wateringly foolish takedowns of scientific expertise. Our time, one might be forgiven for thinking, is one in which