Wednesday 7 September 2005

Fewtril #22

He who would like the simple truth of a matter to be shrouded hits upon the simple trick of describing as simple-minded those who utter it.

2 comments:

dearieme said...

Spot on: I once asked a question in a seminar and was told it was "simple-minded". What I'd done was enquire whether the speaker's data were consistent with Newton's Laws of mechanics.

Deogolwulf said...

How impertinent of you! Do you not know that the Way of Flummery is more complex a process than you and I could ever understand?