I don't see the difference so often. I don't see people who tight-walk at fatal heights without safety harness able to suddenly do that in a time of crisis. The vikings were as stupid as they were brave, challenging and brawling and drinking. So were the knights of the middle ages who were almost as likely to get their limbs severed off in a tournament as they were in a battle.
Stupidity and bravery often go hand-in-hand. Most have to train to overcome danger. And the training grounds are stupid and pointless from a Spock-like mind. But that Spock-like mind runs away when danger draws close. The ones who trained -- they stay -- they jump into the flames, the dangerous waters, because they're either brave *or* stupid.
And that *or* part will likely always be there, because ordinary people don't generally carry out the romance of bravery under fire. It's the jackass ones who do it. It's the Maverick types of Top Gun who it. They've trained for it, and possibly under very stupid circumstances. Everyone can poke fun at a team of fireman who train in stupid ways... until they save their lives. Then it's not so funny anymore. You look at the bravest cultures, like that of the Normans, and their ancestor Vikings, the Spartans, the gladiators of Rome... and they are as brave as they are stupid. They are trained for danger, and you usually can't train for danger without "pointless" simulations. But the people who don't see the point -- they will not be prepared when real danger strikes.
Very simple kind of thought exercise -- which do you favor at your side, one of those insane motorcycle racers on the Isle of Man when the building we're in erupts in fire, or your average man/woman who thinks such events are completely pointless and stupid?
Someone who complains that their mashed potatoes aren't smooth enough, someone who thinks obsesses about whether their fingernails match their outfit or someone who flies motorcycles through rings of fire? Because this idea that ordinary people have courage without a great deal of conditioning -- it's a myth in my experience. Ordinary people are cowards. They're not stupid enough. They're not reckless enough. It takes at least someone who is slightly stupid to confront those fears that normal people have, take a fall and come out with tongue out. The only exception that I see are ordinary people who have gradually been conditioned the same way through no choice of their own. But ordinary people don't magically become brave out of the blue all that often. Far more often they are scared, understandably, because their desire to "not be stupid" has them cowering in corners when the dumb ones do somersaults over them while setting themselves on fire.
This is why all these ancient cultures of the bravest types did lots of things that ordinary people would consider "stupid". That training process was vital. It made the difference between a routed enemy and one who fought to his very last breath.
Or samurai... dumbasses. In defeat, they plunged their short swords into their bellies and disemboweled themselves. So stupid were they that they didn't even need an enemy to slice open their bellies to do it themselves. Stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. But the ones who did this were brave for sure, unafraid of pain and death. And society might need a few like those every now and then -- the stupid ones, the brave ones... or egotistical. Richard of Lionheart was some mama's boy who dreamt himself the perfect king, and so he was brave. His ego was too big to let cowardice get in the way. But he did a lot of dumb things, like the Crusades, ignoring his country for almost the entire duration of his rule, getting arrested under disguise as not a king. Brave -- he was -- and dumb AF too. So are most heroes. Brave and stupid. They go hand-in-hand. The smart ones all ran away, surrendered.
1. Bravery means thinking, analyzing before doing anything that requires one to be brave whereas stupidity is doing something without giving it a proper thought
2. Bravery means taking calculated risks after knowing the possible consequences whereas stupidity means being reckless while taking risks without knowing the possible consequences
3. Bravery means doing something for the right reason and stupidity doing for all the wrong reasons or petty reasons or mainly to just satisfy their own ego.
Someone is brave to dive in in an attempt to save a drowning child. Someone who cannot swim who dives in to save someone drowning, is stupid. Both will die.
Probably necessity. People take all sorts of extreme risks. When they aren’t calculated risks and lack good judgment then it’s just stupid. When you’ve calculated the risk and understand the danger, but it’s necessary to go forward regardless then you hit bravery.
Bravery is when you have the skills to do something and you take the risk to do something harder or more demanding that will improve your skills, while stupidity is when you have no skills but you take all the risks, without ever thinking that things could go south pretty fast.
Ahhh... i never thought of this but it instantly hit me... bravery is something u do for others that could be bad for ur health and stupidity is something we do for fun that is bad for ur health but awesome for showing off to girls or scaring someone i to getti. Wstnu want but always for that so worth it rush but why did i do that wen it goes wrong... worth it
bravery is if you do something dangerous as a calculated risk in an extreme or dilemma situation in order to save your life or to protect a higher good (live of a loved one or political goals or whatever).
stupidity is taking this kind of risk "just because" or for "thrills" or entertainment.
An excellent question to me bravery is risking life and limb for a reason someone's life it's TIG whatever stupidity is risking that same life and limb to have fun
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I flew jets in the navy, my favorite place was as low as I could get her, got my blood boiling. Focused me etc. One blink at the wrong moment could have converted us into an expensive smoking hole in the ground. No matter the explanation, taking that sort of "risk" when not required , was stupid , would I do it again, hell yes
Well taking a bullet for someone is brave but stupid (course it still want myself to do it but it's stupid) but a stupid person would just shoot em self
It's only a matter of perspective. The optimist will say a certain action is brave, whereas the pessimist will criticise the person doing as being stupid. The realist will do both depending on circumstances.
I think brave people know what their getting themselves into and take that risk anyways but I believe that brave people take risks for good reasons meanwhile foolish people don’t
It would depend on the risk and the reward. If it is the right balance between risk and reward then it is bravery but if risk outweighs reward then it is beyond stupid. It really depends on the person.
The difference between bravery and stupidity is success.
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Most of the time the only difference is whether you fail or succeed.
You could try a backflip on a four wheeler, succeed, and be seen as an awesome badass. Same stunt, but under-rotate, and you're just that dumbass that thought he could.
Bravery is knowing when to stop. If you are trying to be brave you will realize when something has gone to far and stop yourself before it gets too dangerous.
I would say that bravery becomes stupidity from a point onwards where unnecessary or meaningless risks are taken. Otherwise, it's pretty much the same?
Being brave is having the quality or state of having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger. Stupidity is acting in an unintelligent or careless manner
Brave is caring about what you do and knowing what your doing and that you can do it. Stupidity is not caring and not knowing what your doing and still doing it for the wrong reasons and failing.
Just my thought.. bravery is doing things that is difficult but you know to yourself that you can do it... Stupidity is doing things forcefully because others wants you to do it
I don't know anything stupid, like hitting on a girl you dont know. If she likes u it bravery and if she doesn't its stupidity I guess. Didn't pit to much thought in it
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