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mk  ·  4170 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Improbable is the New Normal

    Clay Shirky argues that the least creative act is making a LOL-cat, but that even making a LOL-cat is better than making nothing

Biding your time and making something worthwhile is better. Creation is not inherently good.





lil  ·  4170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I agree. Noise is not better than silence. Meanwhile,

    The Improbable is the New Normal
The title of this article reminds me of the scene in The Pink Panther (2006) movie with Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau. Clouseau speculates that the victim was killed by a parrot. His partner replies, "I find that highly improbable." Clousseau shoots back, "The improbable is no less probable than the probable. In fact, it may even be more probable than the probable."

Quite improbably, the author of those lines was granted an honorary doctorate degree at McMaster University and his entire speech to the graduating class was examples of the improbable being as probable as the probable.

Saydrah  ·  4169 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I enjoyed this comment greatly.

lil  ·  4169 days ago  ·  link  ·  

thx for letting me know!

thenewgreen  ·  4170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For some reason this reminds me of the line in Anchorman "60% of the time, it works every time".