Russell McMahon wrote some stuff that's too poetic for me (or too many
references to texts I didn't read). I suspect that I might have lost a bit
of the meaning...

> They all admire the pebbles that you found on the beach?

Most don't. But then, I don't find genial pebbles, usually... they're just
nice :)  And I suspect that of those who do admire them, quite a few just
do so to please me rather than the pebbles :))

>> Of course everybody thinks "the flow" is a "confederacy of dunces"...
>> It's something like common knowledge. Few think of their part in the
>> flow :)
> 
> Their is a tide that rises ... - no, no - wrong sentiment / genius.
> 
> In the case of such the 'flow' is everyone to their left (as the graph 
> is usually drawn). It is usually held that only vvvvv slightly more 
> than half of these are dunces. 

No, no... "the flow" is not really about averaging. It's about /collective/
smarts -- and everyone who doesn't have it, how un-dunce he or she may be
otherwise, contributes to "the duncing flow" :)

Gerhard

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