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Re:Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people... by mmh0000 on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:23PM (#38224723)
In the immortal words of Agent K

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."

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Re:Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people... by thechao on Friday November 10, 2023 @05:24PM (#38225379)
To paraphrase Terry Pratchett's version of this: "the intelligence of a group of people is the intelligence of the stupidest member of the group, divided by the number of people in the group".
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