A comment there which is both true and apposite:
We have underestimated the dangerous power of stupidity.
Among other unpleasant lessons, we are discovering that stupidity is contagious.
A comment there which is both true and apposite:
We have underestimated the dangerous power of stupidity.
Among other unpleasant lessons, we are discovering that stupidity is contagious.
The biggest risk of contagious stupidity must be allowing Murphy to teach.
Does he understand the distinction between contagious and infectious? Either the Spud or the Worst?
Good point dearime; in which case if stupidity is only contagious we would hope that Murphy’s students will be safe.
Strictly speaking, contagious ⊂ infectious. I guess Murphy’s branch of fuckwittery might rub off on people, although the thought of that fat cunt rubbing himself off over poor, unsuspecting students is too ghastly to contemplate.
Is contagious v infectious just another case of a distinction without a difference?
Losing the distinction would impoverish the language, therefore: no. All contagious diseases are infectious; the converse is not true.