No matter what idiotic acts humanity has committed over the centuries, these are all flowers compared to the future. Scientists (and not only British ones) have discovered that people are rapidly becoming stupid. Flynn's curve (the growth of human intelligence over the decades), which was previously liked by the apologists of progress, not only slowed down, but began to plummet down. And not only on the scale of individual educational institutions - entire nations are beginning to become stupid! You won't be able to blame everything on newfangled hobbies for gadgets, because the curve went down in the 1970s, when the prototypes of tablets and smartphones were only in science fiction.
But even against the background of the general stupidity of mankind, individual individuals will give odds to the entire population. Their actions are so stupid that entire websites are dedicated to them and even awards are given out.
The dumbest people on earth
10. Gary Allen Banning
The list of human stupidity is opened by a Darwin Prize laureate - posthumously. In 2012, Gary visited a friend and noticed a sauce jar filled with a mysterious golden liquid. What will a smart person do? Asks what it is. Gary thought it was someone else's drink and took a sip. It turned out to be gasoline that the owner used to flush parts.
The idiot friends were laughing loudly when Gary spat out gasoline and poured all their clothes, but their laughter quickly turned into horror when, to calm down, he decided to smoke ... The poor man died in the hospital from burns.
9. Andrew Hennels
Everyone, even the most antisocial elements, are affected by social media. Andrew Hennels was caught bragging on Facebook that he was going to rob a supermarket. In addition to boasting, the post contained a selfie of the future criminal and a snapshot of his favorite knife. The police assessed the portrait resemblance and detained Andrew 15 minutes after the robbery.
8. Harry Hoey
Harry was a lawyer on the 24th floor of an office building in Toronto. It was said that the windows of a building could not be broken, and Khoi liked to boast about it. And even demonstrated to law students the achievements of the Canadian glass industry. So one fine day in 1993, Hoi, in front of the students, as usual, ran away and hit the glass with his shoulder. No, it didn't crash, but just flew out of the frame entirely along with Hoi.
7. Lukasz Choinovsky
In 2014, a couple of retirees from Lancashire returned home only to find a robber sleeping peacefully on their bed. The robber, however, was polite and distinguished by excellent manners - he washed all the dishes, washed their linen and even bought some groceries.
The hostess admitted that the house was not particularly clean, but thanks to the efforts of Choinovsky, it really shone. “True, he burned an old frying pan, but he doesn't happen to anyone,” the old woman said generously. The illegal assistant received a two-year suspended sentence and was forced to pay a £ 200 fine. But a good housekeeper could leave him.
6. Philip Contos
A normal person tends to agree with maxims like “Don't get in, kill” or “If you ride a motorcycle - wear a helmet”.However, American motorcyclists are not like that! They even put on whole demonstrations about their right not to wear a helmet while riding. So in 2011, more than 550 alternatively gifted people marched on the roads of New York State, defending their right to drive dangerous. Until one of the Protestants, Philip Kontos, hit the brakes hard so as not to crash into the bike in front, he flew out of the saddle and hit his head on the sidewalk. The doctors who examined the body said that if he had worn a helmet, he would have survived.
5. Nick Flynn
2006 will be remembered by the staff of the Fitzwilliam Museum in England for a long time. It was then that a certain Nick Flynn, going down the stairs, managed to stumble and in flight down to hook and break three Chinese vases standing deep in the niches. They were at least three hundred years old and cost about $ 200,000 each.
Precious items survived uprisings in China, two world wars - only for some fool to smash them to smithereens. Moreover, instead of being horrified by the severity of the perfect, Nick Flynn did not even apologize and instead began to reproach the management of the museum: they say, they poorly keep their valuable exhibits! This is how he earned the award in the nomination "Who is the dumbest person in the world" from the World Stupidity Awards.
4. Rhys Owen Jones and Keri Moles
What does an ordinary person with at least average intelligence do during a trip to Australia? Sightseeing and shopping. But the Welsh tourists were made of a different paste! First of all, they got drunk, then broke into a nearby zoo, where they swam with dolphins, released foam from a fire extinguisher into a shark pool, and then stole a penguin from there (don't ask).
To the robbers' credit, I must say that they tried to take care of the bird as best they could (even despite the hangover) - they fed him and let him swim in the bathroom. They were later caught trying to release the penguin into the canal.
3. Shamizo Kanyama
And now from sunny Australia we will be transported to no less sunny Zimbabwe. Shamizo served as a pastor in his city and believed that God had given him the ability to heal people. So when five from his hometown asked for help in treating a mysterious disease, he, without hesitation, ordered them to bury him in the ground. Shamizo motivated his non-standard desire by the fact that in this way he would be saturated with the energy of the earth. The five obeyed the pastor.
Later, after a predictable result, all five were charged with murder, despite numerous witnesses confirming their version of what happened.
2. James Allan
One of the most idiotic robberies in the world happened in 2012 in the city of Abington, England. Someone James Allan tried to rob a print shop. During the robbery, he took off his balaclava several times (and it turned out superbly on the camera), fell on the drink counter and knocked it down, and in the end he could not even open the door to escape - because he was pushing, not pulling. The saleswoman, whom he had recently threatened with a toy pistol, had to help him and open the door in the right direction.
But these are still flowers - the main thing is that James, apparently distinguished by consistency in his habits, tried to rob the same store exactly ten days ago.
1. Donald Thompson is the dumbest person
The most stupid person in the world, according to the rating from the World Stupidity Awards, was judge Donald Thompson. For 23 years he worked in court. And right during the court sessions he used a penis enlarger for masturbation, and the severity of the proceedings did not stop his hand with the pump. Apparently the laurels of the man with the longest penis in the world did not give Thompson rest.
As one of the court correspondents said: “One case was especially difficult, the grandfather testified about the murdered grandson, who was barely starting to walk, everyone was crying. And the judge under the table worked as a pump. "
However, Themis does not like to be ridiculed. Thompson was sentenced to four years in prison for insulting the court and indecent exposure during court hearings.It is surprising that the trial in this case did not turn into an extravaganza of laughter and jokes, although smiles were constantly played on the faces of the jury, and both the prosecutor and the defendant's lawyers repeatedly depicted with gestures what exactly 59-year-old Donald Thompson was doing under his judicial mantle.