I think it is a common belief amongst most human beings that very few of the people around us have equal or greater intelligence than ourselves. This is probably something that is built in since infancy as some sort of instinct, perhaps to let us know in times of danger that we shouldn't listen to anyone else as we generally know what's in our own best interest.
It is an interesting thing though, I think that most animals have this line of thinking even if they don't know they do, have you ever tried to convince a fish of something? It's a waste of time.
So my answer to why there are so many idiots in the universe: because we all think we know more than anyone else, making us essentially a society of idiots.
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