• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    One of my favorite examples of the difficulty in idiot-proofing things comes from a national park ranger talking about the difficulty of designing a bear-proof garbage can. He said “There is considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest humans.”

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      5 months ago

      A bear has time and motivation to keep trying over and over again to get into the garbage. People are generally much less determined to figure it out.

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        5 months ago

        I used to see people charitably, much like you do, until very recently. After witnessing for myself people staring into the sun and injuring themselves after being repeatedly warned, I now realize there are a substantial number of people who simply have rocks clattering around inside their skulls instead of brains