Fredrik Lundh wrote:
Robert Kern wrote:
Fair enough. The only time I've seen it in dead-tree print was in Heinlein's _Time Enough For
Love_, unattributed to anyone else.
if that's true, it would seem that it predates the Hanlon reference by a
couple of years:
http://www.statusq.org/archives/2001/12/04
on the other hand, Google tells me that "Time Enough For Love" con-
tains a couple of other famous stupidity quotes, including:
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity"
do you still have a copy of the book? (preferrably a version printed
before 1980...)
Not at the moment. I'll try to hit up some used book stores or libraries.
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