Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas 828
CHESTER COPPERPOT writes "Scott Berkun writes an interesting essay on 'Why smart people defend bad ideas'. He states a number of interesting highlights on smart people and dumb ideas. From the article: 'In the software industry, the common example of thinking at the wrong level is a team of rock star programmers who can make anything, but don't really know what to make: so they tend to build whatever things come to mind, never stopping to find someone who might not be adept at writing code, but can see where the value of their programming skills would be best applied.'."
I Will Defend my Bad First Post (Score:5, Funny)
Michael Bolton: That is the worst idea I've ever heard.
Samir: Yes, this is horrible, this idea.
Jukebox guy (Score:5, Funny)
Case in Point (Score:3, Funny)
No they don't. (Score:5, Funny)
Like that time everyone wanted to give a multi-billion dollar corporation hundreds of millions of dollars to make another season of a mediocre TV show. That was a great idea, wasn't it?
Oh, and then there was the tens of thousands of dallars they gave to that guy who ran a copyright-material-file-trading-site. That turned out smashingly well.
And-- umm--- hrm.
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Re:This extends to the rest of life (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I feel less guilty about my slackerism now, thanks! : )
Because we CAN! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This extends to the rest of life (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Uhmm (Score:1, Funny)
Yes, mod me down if you are a PHB type, or some weak moron who needs a complete dipshit in a suit to tell him day-to-day what to do.
For your information, some people who read slashdot are weak morons who need a partial dipshit in a suit to tell them what to do on a day-to-day basis.
Stop over-generalizing.
I'll try to help (Score:3, Funny)
As a condition of being smart, defending ideas is a natural skill. Sometimes that skill takes precedent over rational thought and smart people will focus so much on being right that they will forget to think rationally.
There, I just saved you 10 minutes of reading.
Where's my check?
Re:Thomas Edison and DC current (Score:3, Funny)
With all the stupid comments coming from AC's, I strongly agree with him.
Oh, wait...
Daikatana (Score:3, Funny)
Well, that explains Daikatana [eidosinteractive.com]
Re:Case in Point (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Why Do Smart People Defend Bad Ideas? (Score:2, Funny)
Ah geez, who am I kidding
Re:This extends to the rest of life (Score:1, Funny)
Take a look at his website and then tell me how likely it is that his problem is such total magnificence that there's nothing left to shoot for.
Re:I Will Defend my Bad First Post (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Thomas Edison and DC current (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I Will Defend my Bad First Post (Score:1, Funny)
Re:China: Smart != Number Doodling (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why Do Smart People Defend Bad Ideas? (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, you're actually right. God does not exist. Goddess exists. Eris exists. I have personally spoken to her on many occasions, and she as been so kind as to lecture to me on the wrongs of my Kingdom Hearts hating ways, and she has also been nice enough to play a game of Pump It Up! with me at the arcade. And man, can the Goddess move.
God isn't dead -- he never existed.
All Hail Eris!
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Re:China: Smart != Number Doodling (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why Do Smart People Defend Bad Ideas? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I Will Defend my Bad First Post (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why Do Smart People Defend Bad Ideas? (Score:1, Funny)
Wow, man. Physics is weird. Do we have any more pot?