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wolf 06-25-2009 08:45 PM

The Cookie Generator
 
This isn't one of those times where the cookie generator AI has kicked in to respond directly or indirectly to your most recent post, but the quote is relevant to my work.

Today, it said

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cookie Generator
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

That's not the test of first-rate intelligence, it's a test for schizophrenia.

Beestie 06-25-2009 09:05 PM

I think that Fitzgerald's quote is a derivation of this one.

Quote:

The mark of an educated mind is that it can entertain an idea without embracing it.

- Aristotle

So I think Fitzgerald was referring to the ability to analyse two ideas at once without adopting either whereas your garden variety schizophrenic adopts both. :yelsick:

But I could be wrong on both counts. Or I could be right and wrong on both counts. :3eye:

NoBoxes 06-26-2009 06:21 AM

Thar's a couple of smart cookies for ya.

Griff 06-26-2009 06:49 AM

Wolf/Beestie or Fitzgerald/Aristotle?

NoBoxes 06-26-2009 07:26 AM

I left that open to interpretation as a test of first-rate intelligence; or, perhaps schizophrenia. :eyebrow:

TheMercenary 06-27-2009 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff (Post 577742)
Wolf/Beestie or Fitzgerald/Aristotle?

It's a match! I marked yes.

kerosene 07-01-2009 07:01 PM

I clicked on this thread hoping for snickerdoodle. Damn.

Sundae 07-01-2009 08:52 PM

The mice made biscuits out of breadcrumbs and butterbeans.
Is that what you meant?

kerosene 07-08-2009 10:45 PM

not exactly what I had in mind...

wolf 02-24-2010 01:11 PM

Random cookie generator popped out one that's mine from the old days. Damn I'm clever.

Quote:

unfortunately the global village is populated by folks just like the people who live next door to you already.

- wolf (SilverWolf)

SteveDallas 02-24-2010 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf (Post 577660)
That's not the test of first-rate intelligence, it's a test for schizophrenia.

To my way of thinking, it's both a test for first-rate intelligence and a test for schizophrenia.


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