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		Gustomaximus on March 27, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments (2013) The Mark Twain version is great; “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”

stephengillie on March 27, 2017 [–]

Learn from stupid people - bring people up to your level, and beat them with experience.

Otherwise - if they're stupid and they're right, they're not stupid.

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