Lead: "People must feel allowed to be stupid"

Philosopher Herr Scheidegger discusses the seeming paradox that despite having more knowledge than ever before, society makes increasingly poor decisions. He attributes this to a growing ego-centrism in thinking, where individuals prioritize their own perspectives and values over facts and established knowledge. Scheidegger introduces the concept of "Überdummheit" (super-stupidity), where people strategically reject established knowledge to make room for their own views, often as a pose or provocation.

He argues that this is not simply a matter of stupidity, but rather a misguided attempt to assert one's own intelligence and perspective.