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Researcher 202214 Started conversation Sep 5, 2002
someone said that hydrogen was the most plentiful thing in the galaxy.
i think after forty years of sutdy it is stupidy and not hydrogen is the moste plentyful thing .what do you think?
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Frank E. DaFixa Posted Oct 23, 2002
If stupidity is the most abundant element in your segment of the galaxy? Are you a contributor to the problem or the solution?
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Researcher 208171 Posted Nov 3, 2002
Well, it goes like this.
If stupidity is the most abundant thing in the universe, then a large percentage of the universe must be (or at least must contain) it. Therefore, when you get right down to it, everything is stupid, sooner or later.
Yet this does not answer the the eternal riddle, is it possible to split stupidity?! And if so what do you get?
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finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 Posted Nov 6, 2002
Straight Forward
Stupidity is like an molecule made up of atoms.
It is a "simple" molecule made up of
Optimisim, Paranoia, Tunnell Vision, Narcisstic tendencies amongst others. Throw in the fact that when assembled Stupidity becomes self aware with no value for its own existence and this explains the ability of stupidity to kill its host in a spectular fashion
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The Futurist Posted Dec 17, 2002
We have no good reason for thinking that stupidity is the most plentiful thing in the universe or galaxy, as so far it has only been detected on Earth, whereas with telescopes and spectrographic instruments we are finding hydrogen everywhere in space we look.
Furthermore, on Earth simple-mindedness is at least as plentiful as stupidity, and lacking a sense of humour and taking things unnecessarily literally is not far behind.
The F
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HRhmadcow Posted Dec 24, 2002
that's easy - if you split stupidity you get richard and judy finnegan.
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finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 Posted Jan 31, 2003
I thought it couldnt get any worse.
I was wrong.
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There's a fine line between Genius and Insanity.
I think I'm a Genius
Everyone else thinks I'm Insane
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Gypsy Posted Jan 31, 2003
Uh Ha! Stupidity!! I had always believed that people that don't understand something will think stupid, or think that someone else is stupid.I think this comes back to. A person who thinks another a fool, is really the fool
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Researcher 209804 Posted Feb 6, 2003
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
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finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 Posted Feb 7, 2003
OR
"Make something foolproof and nature simply develops a better quality fool"
OR
"Never underestimate the ingenuity of the foolish"
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Alison (ACE) Posted Mar 1, 2003
That quote about underestimating the ingenuity of complete fools is from Mostly Harmless!
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finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 Posted Mar 4, 2003
Sorry I just have a tendency to get hostile.
Anyway It's a popular saying I heard it long before mostly harmless so it's being doing the rounds
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Tyrian Posted Mar 4, 2003
You also forgot 'Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups'
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disbloke... lifes a dream and sleep the thing of nightmares and then i wake and live a dream Posted Mar 4, 2003
and not forget the power of the ruling elite to be truely stupid whilst believing in their own infallibility
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finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 Posted Mar 5, 2003
havn't heard that one before.
To borrow a line from Men in Black
"A person is smart. People are stupid"
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Tyrian Posted Mar 5, 2003
And eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines
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- 1: Researcher 202214 (Sep 5, 2002)
- 2: .WENDYWOOS (Sep 5, 2002)
- 3: Frank E. DaFixa (Oct 23, 2002)
- 4: Researcher 208171 (Nov 3, 2002)
- 5: finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 (Nov 6, 2002)
- 6: The Futurist (Dec 17, 2002)
- 7: HRhmadcow (Dec 24, 2002)
- 8: Researcher 217710 (Jan 31, 2003)
- 9: finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 (Jan 31, 2003)
- 10: Gypsy (Jan 31, 2003)
- 11: Researcher 209804 (Feb 6, 2003)
- 12: finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 (Feb 7, 2003)
- 13: Alison (ACE) (Mar 1, 2003)
- 14: finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 (Mar 3, 2003)
- 15: Alison (ACE) (Mar 3, 2003)
- 16: finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 (Mar 4, 2003)
- 17: Tyrian (Mar 4, 2003)
- 18: disbloke... lifes a dream and sleep the thing of nightmares and then i wake and live a dream (Mar 4, 2003)
- 19: finnjim, THE Teacher, messing with peoples minds since 1997 (Mar 5, 2003)
- 20: Tyrian (Mar 5, 2003)
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