@stefano human stupidy is probably what was used to define the measure of infinity.
Makes me think about a French cinema writer that got famous for particularly acid texts, Michel Audiard, makes a character say “Si la connerie se mesurait, tu servirais de mètre-étalon” which would roughly translate to “if stupidity was measurable, you would be the reference” (as in a measurement reference such as the metre metal stick). [Well translation is not my best skill… ] but I love dialogues from Audiard. A genious.