It is often said that a disproportionate obsession with purely academic or abstract matters indicates a retreat from the problems of real life. However, most of the people engaged in such matters say that this attitude is based on three things: ignorance, stupidity, and nothing else.
— Douglas Adams 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy'
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Mediocracy
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
— Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (Adagia III, IV, 96)
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