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  2. Absent-mindedness - Wikipedia

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    Absent-mindedness is a mental state wherein a person is forgetfully inattentive. [1] It is the opposite mental state of mindfulness. Absent-mindedness is often caused by things such as boredom, sleepiness, rumination, distraction, or preoccupation with one's own internal monologue. When experiencing absent-mindedness, people exhibit signs of ...

  3. Pratfall effect - Wikipedia

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    A research study showed that making a clumsy mistake increases the appeal of an exceptional individual whereas making the same mistake seems to make an average person less attractive. Additionally, these findings were anticipated based on the hypothesis that although a mistake helps to humanize someone and boost their appeal, a superior person ...

  4. Foolishness - Wikipedia

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    Foolishness is the inability or failure to act following reason due to lack of judgment, stupidity, stubbornness, etc. [1] The things such as impulsivity and/or influences may affect a person's ability to make reasonable decisions. [citation needed] Other reasons of apparent foolishness include naivety, gullibility, and credulity.

  5. Idiot - Wikipedia

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    The Idiot by Evert Larock (1892). An idiot, in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person. 'Idiot' was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound intellectual disability where the mental age is two years or less, and the person cannot guard themself against common physical dangers.

  6. Clumsy - Wikipedia

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    "Clumsy", a song by All Time Low from Wake Up, Sunshine, 2020; Literature. Clumsy, a 2002 graphic novel by Jeffrey Brown This page was last edited on 26 August ...

  7. Stupidity - Wikipedia

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    Eric Berne described the game of "Stupid" as having "the thesis...'I laugh with you at my own clumsiness and stupidity. ' " [8] He points out that the player has the advantage of lowering other people's expectations, and so evading responsibility and work; but that he or she may still come through under pressure, like the proverbially stupid ...

  8. Changeling - Wikipedia

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    The word oaf, a clumsy or stupid person, is derived from the historic English word for a changeling, auf. This, in turn, is believed to have originated from the Middle English alven and elven, and ultimately from the Old Norse word for an elf, alfr. [48] [49]

  9. Clouding of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Clouding of consciousness, also called brain fog or mental fog, [1] [2] occurs when a person is slightly less wakeful or aware than normal. [3] They are less aware of time and their surroundings, and find it difficult to pay attention. [3] People describe this subjective sensation as their mind being "foggy". [4]