dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAssuming a button that, every time you push it, your intelligence goes up. The obvious and sane thing to do is to push the button all day. Yes? No? Maybe? Is there something that I'm missing here?message-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down112
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareAssuming a button that, every time you push it, your intelligence goes up. The obvious and sane thing to do is to push the button all day. Yes? No? Maybe? Is there something that I'm missing here?dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·10 months agoWell, if you keep pushing the button eventually you will be smart enough to figure out something even better to do with your time. Then push it once more to check. Then if the idea still seems like a good plan, go do it.
minus-squaredope@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThat seems sensible, and inevitable. What’s smart today might be dumb tomorrow.
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoHad you pushed it once more, the fatal flaw would have become all-too-obvious.
Well, if you keep pushing the button eventually you will be smart enough to figure out something even better to do with your time. Then push it once more to check. Then if the idea still seems like a good plan, go do it.
That seems sensible, and inevitable. What’s smart today might be dumb tomorrow.
Had you pushed it once more, the fatal flaw would have become all-too-obvious.