The Brightest Sparks?

By Mark Steer
Bristol University, UK.

“Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former” - Albert Einstein.

We are constantly being bombarded with stories of our own species’ sublime idiocy. Entire books are published each year charting the numerous bizarre methods by which we manage to kill, maim and mutilate ourselves. Not to mention that the West once thought it a good idea to sell arms to Saddam Hussein and that the Cheeky Girls reach