Ecclesiastes 1:9

[james_davis_nicoll]

Tough problems demand tough-minded solutions! LIFE BOAT RULES! LIFE BOAT RULES!

Inexplicably not titled "I have a totally original idea nobody has ever had before and that I will not research to see if there are known pit-falls! Let's pay undesirables to get vasectomies!"

My favourite line?

While I have not crunched the numbers to support this hypothesis,

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

ISTR they tried that in India. Wasn't a great success there.

Too bad we don't have some sort of electronic information system that accessible from almost anywhere, so people with bright ideas could easily do research.

[nelc.livejournal.com]

You and your crazy sci-fi ideas!

[bwross.livejournal.com]

We tried that with the Internet. Wasn't a great success either. Greatest tool even for confirmation biasing, though... people can almost always find enough information to support the insanest idea, that they don't feel bad about how much other information they have to ignore (ie the India case isn't applicable because the new idea is better and different... and the Internet can provide ample reasons for why that is, too).

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

I recall that it was briefly popular in certain circles in India, and the number of repeat customers became embarrassing.