Oh I'd enjoy that test! :) But I'd enjoy even more administering it to John Clarke. I suspect I already know the result however.
On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 10:09:42 AM UTC+10, Kim Jones wrote: > > OK - perhaps this post is not entirely serious. I don't actually know. > > There appears to be no reliable test of idiocy. Even people who invite > others to participate in games of running along a lawn while a drone fires > rockets at them may not actually qualify, ultimately, as idiots. > > It may be that the true definition of an idiot (in the theological, not > medical sense) is one who is incorrigible in their beliefs. > > If you never change your mind, why have one? > > The hallmark of a true idiot is one who never admits they are wrong about > something even in the face of massive counterfactual evidence and the > weight of opinion thrown against them. > > So what, I hear you say. Idiots clearly exist. > > Trouble is, we need this test as I said above. You don't want idiots in > government you don't want idiots as scientists and you certainly don't want > idiots running your local church. > > On the basis of this argument you would, for example, still want to keep > drugs illegal - for idiots. Anyone who could reliably prove they were not > an idiot could still use drugs. Idiots get orange juice and huge injections > of vitamins. Or something. > > The test would therefore be to administer a standard dose of Salvia > Divinorum after which the person would be interviewed. > > The box marked 'idiot' would be ticked in the case where the subject > maintained with the same or increased fervour, the beliefs they held prior > to taking the test. Those who come through the experience with changed or > clearly modified beliefs would be classed as normal. > > Obviously the people conducting the interview would be 'normal'. > > Any takers? > > > > Kim Jones B. Mus. GDTL > > Email: [email protected] <javascript:> > [email protected] <javascript:> > Mobile: 0450 963 719 > Phone: 02 93894239 > Web: http://www.eportfolio.kmjcommp.com > > > *"I'm not saying there aren't a lot of dangerous people out there. I am > saying a lot of them are in government" - Russell Brand* > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
