Before this goes too far: My illusive quote is my translation from a Norwegian quote with very obscure origins, perhaps it originally translated from English (UK/US). Whatever the truth is, I like the idea of it being "Clarkism".
This brings me to another of my favourite topics, folk music. Music has travelled around the globe for centuries. Sometime we hear a tune that we are sure has Norwegian origins played "over there". If we dig into it, we often discovers that the tune has travelled from the so called Celtic world, to Scandinavia, to US and then back. Or perhaps the other way around. Very confusing. Impossible to figure out the truth. But often very interesting to hear the different interpretations. This is just an example to illustrate my point; this quote is an endless discussion, a dead end. On the other hand, this is one of the things that makes PDML fun (endless and, more or less, meaningless(?) debates). Tim Another Norwegian. Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke?) -----Original Message----- From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27. juni 2005 16:22 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish! > > From: Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/27 Mon PM 02:16:02 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish! > > I would tend to agree with that one, Mark. > > Tim's quote sounds like a variation of "The IQ of a commitee is equal to the the lowest member's IQ divided by the number of people on the commitee". That was by one of the classic Sci-Fi writers also, but I do not remember exactly which one. Me neither 8-) but it sounds like something out of Asimov's "Foundation" trilogy. > > By extention, "The IQ of a mob can be approximated by dividing the lowest IQ by infinity". > > And my own opinion, "Anyone in a large crowd who is still thinking will leave by the nearest exit". > > <very tiny grin> > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Mark Roberts wrote: > > "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>>Never underestimate the power of spupidity in large crowds > >>>(Source: somebody) > >> > >>Sounds like something Robert A Heinlein might have said.** > >><http://print.google.com/print?q=Robert+A+Heinlein&oi=print> > > > > > > I rather like this deliberate misquotation of Arthur C. Clarke: "Any > > sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice." > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.1/28 - Release Date: 6/24/2005 > > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
