Exasperation

Stupidity isn't the lack of capacity for intelligence but instead the insistence that we can be correct about something without considering the possibility of bias or needing to examine all angles of our thinking. In other words, reasonable doubt must be considered and critical thinking applied. 

This is such a common problem that it has a name called the Dunning-Kruger effect. Today, we are immersed in a full blown epidemic of it thanks to social media and the power of people's convictions that they understand things without going further than their certainty. 

As a result, subject matter experts have become superfluous entities. 

"My mother never took Tylenol during her pregnancy with me and since I'm not autistic, this must mean that taking it must cause autism" 

This monumentally stupid statement instantly fails basic critical thinking and yet it passes inspection for many in today's world. 

I was telling my mother on the phone yesterday that I need to let this go because otherwise I will spend the rest of my life in sheer exasperation.