Karl Pilkington is a child in a good way.

If you know who he is, then this blog post is for you. If you don't, then you may want to consider not reading this, as you may be more than a trifle confused.
So, he's a moron. Right? I mean, a complete dimwit. He's got nothing in that orange-shaped head of his except sufficient neurons to make him steal valuable air. Right? He's...well, you get the picture. Uh...no. Wrong.
He's...okay. He's not intelligent, but he is wise in a childish way. Before I go on, though, I'd like to point out that there is nothing wrong with being wise in a childish way. It's a very pragmatic school of thought. We listen to him talk and he isn't the brightest bulb but he understands how things work. He understands the framework of our world and society and he understands how things would work and he understands how things interact. He just doesn't know what things are in play.
I spoke to a child. She asked me why seat belts are the law. She's seven, mind you. Anyway, she asked me why seat belts are the law, and I told her that it's because the government wants people to be safe. "Okay, but...uh...I mean, why can't a person make a choice for themselves? I thought laws are to make it so that you're not allowed to do things to other people. Isn't that what laws are for? Why make laws that make you not allowed to do stuff that doesn't hurt anyone else?" Again I say, seven years old. That really struck me. She's seven years old and has that sort of insight. It's a brilliant thing. Really, it is. It's just as good of an idea, but she is naive about laws being made that have the soul purpose of making the state money, designed to make it look like it's to protect the people. But I don't really think that's a fair thing to expect a seven year old to know, as wise as she may be.
It's the same thing with Karl. He is a child. He retained all of the pragmatism that is usually made obsolete by learning how things actually are. That's not to say that it's bad to learn how things really are. It's just that we really need to rethink what laws and traditions we keep around just because they have always been there.
Also, it's important to remember that he's got an image to maintain. Look at Paris Hilton. She's brilliant. She gets into trouble, yeah, and she plays the part of the "dumb blond" very well. But think about all the money she's getting from it. Even Charlie Sheen was able to make money off of his House Arrest sentence. He's not as dumb as Ricky and Steve make him out to be. In short, to think that Karl is really as dim as he is made out to be is to think that reality shows are not scripted. But you know, he can't be bothered.