Make it idiot-proof and someone will just make a better idiot
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The British premiership. Tony Blair.
Or the Unix “admin” you ask if they have root on the box and they reply “I’m not sure I know what that is”
Make a better idiot and the world will beat a path to your door.
(It worked for John de Mol.)
Or a worse idiot?
Off topic ( not much, speaking of idiots… )
Thomas Sowell:
“Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last people to suspect that they don’t know what they are talking about when they go outside their narrow fields.”
Found here(Link).
Jacob-
That sounds like the perfect description of Chompsky. (Or absolutely any politician.)
I prefer “As soon as you make something idiot-proof, along comes a moron.”
So as long as we keep making things idiot-proot, the idiot stock will improve, ala Darwin?
Viva progress.
“You can make something foolproof, but you cannot make it damnfoolproof.”
“You can’t make something foolproof because fools are so ingenious.”
Even if you make it idiot-proof, you’ll still be sued because the warning labels weren’t in order.