It's folly to think that we have about us protective spirits who might actually keep us from harm.

认为真的有神灵在周围,庇佑我们不受伤害是愚蠢的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

What was it that he claimed to find so absurd, ? repugnant and ignorant in Aristotle?

他到底发现了什么是那么荒谬，那么不相容，那么愚蠢呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

OK. Having said that, let's look at doing some sorts. And I'm going to start with a couple of dumb sorting mechanisms. Actually, that's the wrong way saying it, they're simply brain-damaged, they're not dumb, OK?

我们来做些排序吧,我要开始处理一些愚蠢的排序机制,事实上，我说的不正确，他们就是没脑子，不是笨,发明出来后，他们就在不停的被挑战？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

No. Those are stupid alternatives.

不，这是愚蠢的选择。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Down here, this doesn't require people to be thick, or to think the rest of you are thick, they're just people who think that you think, sorry, they're just people who think that you think that they're thick and so on.

推论到这里人们不一定是愚蠢的,不应该认为别人是愚蠢的,只是你们认为他们是愚蠢的,抱歉,是他们认为,剩下的人都是愚蠢的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

If it doesn't make sense, you'll-- If it doesn't make sense or, more to the point, if it's something that you do that's foolish or makes you look manipulative or cheap, you'll distort it in your head so that it does make sense.

如果你的行为不合理，你会…,如果你的行为不合理，或者更确切的地说，如果你的行为很愚蠢,或者让你显得很攻于心计，或很廉价，你就会捏造理由说服自己这是合理的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选