Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Basic tenet?

Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy,
that one moron is as good as one genius,
is it necessary to go one step farther and
hold that two morons are better than one genius?

    Leo Szilard, The Voice of the Dolphins: And Other Stories 

 

 

 

 

 

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