One of the most aggravating things to me in this world has to be the absolutely rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates so many conversations and debates, and its influence just seems to be expanding. Do you think there will ever actually be a time when this ends? I'd hope so once people become more educated and cultural changes eventually happen, but as of now it honestly infuriates me like few things ever have.

  • justhach
    28•1 year ago

    “You can never truly idiot-proof something, as there will always be a better idiot.”

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    • @ilinamorato
      21•1 year ago

      Quote by a forest ranger at Yosemite National Park on why it is hard to design the perfect garbage bin to keep bears from breaking into it: “There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.”

    • SanguinePar
      9•1 year ago

      There’s a similar line in a Douglas Adams book:

      A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools

    • @[email protected]
      3•1 year ago

      Pretty sure you mean the quote by Rick Cook:

      “Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.”

      ― Rick Cook