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Better to LOOK stupid, than to BE stupid Fred Henry Williams Agile Prague, 2018 Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. Robert A. Heinlein (P.s. Many highly intelligent people are actually stupid) Epistemology the

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Better to LOOK stupid, than to BE stupid

Fred Henry Williams Agile Prague, 2018

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“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”

Robert A. Heinlein

(P.s. Many highly intelligent people are actually stupid)

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Epistemology

“the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and

  • pinion.”
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Genuine stupidity is dangerous

  • Stupid people don’t know

they are stupid

  • Stupid people like to

appear “smart”

  • Stupid people can be very

convincing

  • Stupid people demand

that everyone else must agree with them

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Stupid people are

  • ften put in charge
  • f projects
  • Peter principle at work
  • Confidence = Leadership?
  • “Go fast and break things”

(without fixing them later)

  • The project manager

problem

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Lying and Deception

  • Smart people

sometimes lie to protect others

  • Stupid people

always lie to protect themselves

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Pretending to Understand

  • A smart person asks lots
  • f dumb questions
  • A dumb person:

○ pretends they don’t need to ask questions, ○ refuses to answer your questions, ○ gives overly complicated answers

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“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”

Bertrand Russell

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How to “Look Stupid”

Using the 6 Ws (Opting out of intellectual belly bumping)

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  • 1. Who
  • Who benefits?
  • Who needs/wants

this?

  • Who will pay for

this?

  • Who will test this?
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  • 2. Why?
  • Why will this be

valuable?

  • Why will someone

use this?

  • Why should WE

make this?

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  • 3. When?
  • When will someone use

this?

  • When should it be ready?
  • When will people NOT use

this?

  • Is there something that

must happen BEFORE this gets used?

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  • 4. Where?
  • Where will someone use

this?

  • Where will they look for

it?

  • Where will we make it?
  • Where will we test it?
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  • 5. What?
  • (the least important

question?)

  • What is this thing?
  • What else is

available?

  • What did we forget

to ask?

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  • 6. Weird?

(the most important question!!!)

  • What is weird about

this? (If it’s not weird, why are you making it?)

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Results and Recommendations

  • Looking stupid can make

you smart

  • The 6 Ws are powerful

tools

  • Don’t worry what others

think…

  • ...think for yourself and

ask stupid questions