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Thread #59418   Message #2561173
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
08-Feb-09 - 05:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
I propose a unit of wisdom to be known as a "Platon", in honor of Plato. The maximum number of Platons in a given statement is one hundred. Descartes' "I think, therefore I am" is an example of a 100 Platon statement. (I'm talking about Descartes' original realization, not some college freshman mindlessly reciting it to pass a Philosophy 101 exam. Within that context, it's only worth 2.5 Platons.)

Of course, it is possible for a statement to exhibit negative wisdom. I further propose a unit of negative wisdom (aka stupidity) to be known as a "Dubyan", in honor of a recently departed head of state.