1."Always and inevitably¹ everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation."

“人们总是会低估周围的蠢人数量，这一点无法规避。”

Glaringly pessimistic, the first law is meant to prepare you for what's out there, and what's out there are hordes² of people who do stupid things, often without notice.

说来尤为悲观，第一条定律就是让你做好准备去接受事实，有一拨拨人会做蠢事，而且还没人注意到。

2."The probability that a certain person will be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person."

“一个人会变蠢的概率和这个人的其它性格特征无关。”

Anybody, whether intellectual or ignorant, blue-collar or white collar, book smart or street smart, can be stupid.

任何人，无论聪慧或无知，蓝领还是白领，会读书还是会生存，都有可能做蠢事。

3."A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving³ no gain and even possibly incurring⁴ losses."

“蠢货就是会给其他人或者是一团队的人带来损失，而自己一点利益也得不到，甚至还会引起损失。”

In fact there is no explanation - or better there is only one explanation: the person in question is stupid.

事实上，也没无从解释，只有一个较好的解释，即，那个人就是蠢。

4."Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under any circumstances to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly⁵ mistake."

“不做蠢事的人总会低估蠢人个体的破坏力量。尤其不蠢群体常常会忘记蠢货无时无刻无处不在、和蠢人打交道损失惨重。

Through centuries and millennia⁶, in public as in private life, countless⁷ individuals have failed to take account of the Fourth Basic Law and the failure has caused mankind incalculable losses.

数千年几世纪以来，无论公开还是私下，无数人都没考虑到第四条基本法则，这给人类带来无法计算的损失。

5."A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person."

“蠢人是最危险的人”。

It's the great and burdensome responsibility of everyone else, particularly the intelligent, to keep them in check.

每个人都肩负伟大重任，尤其是智者，一定要控制抑制蠢货。