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> Being smart is better than being stupid, but being stupid and alive is far better than not existing at all.

What a fun read! But I guess Bonhoeffer and Von Moltke would not agree on the point "stupid and alive > not existing". Posting images in reply section here is not allowed but you could look up "Von Moltke matrix"? The intuition is that stupid people cause a lot of harm if they are given a large blast radius, and in this case, we would be better off if they do not exist at all.

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