Testing Carlo Cipolla´s Laws of Human Stupidity with Agent-Based Modeling

We set up an agent-based simulation to test Carlo M. Cipolla´s theory of human stupidity. In particular, we investigate under which hypotheses his theory is compatible with a well-corroborated theory like natural evolution, which we build into the model. We discover that there exist parameter settings which determine the emergence of stylized facts in line with Cipolla´s theory. The assumptions corresponding to those parameter settings are intuitive and justified by common sense.