Crazy On Tap - Hilarious (Colbert on Wikipedia)

Crazy On Tap - Hilarious (Colbert on Wikipedia): "Most new ideas suck. At least mine do (*). For every Galileo who thinks the earth goes around the sun (it wasn't Galileo's singular contribution, but we'll let that slide), there are thousands of who think butter should not be kept in a fridge or Ally McBeal should be made into a movie or whatever novel silliness pops into their head.

Hence there is a certain amount of sense to take a poll of other people's ideas and /not/ mainstream all new ideas. Imagine the traffic jam alone if everyone's new ideas were just running around all the time! 'Why don't we drive on the left side of the street!' 'Why don't we ghost drive the whip!' Etc, etc.

Choosing Galileo's struggle with authority is a case of severe anecdotal survivor bias: 'Galileo was right, the Catholic authority was wrong, therefore all majorities are always wrong!'

Wish it was just matter of identifying the lone rebel to figure out right- from wrong-headedness.

(*) If yours are mostly good, it's because you're recycling other people's filtered ideas or not paying attention to your own internal filter.
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