The Cookie Generator

wolf · 06-25-2009, 08:45 PM

This isn't one of those times where the cookie generator AI has kicked in to respond directly or indirectly to your most recent post, but the quote is relevant to my work.

Today, it said

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Originally Posted by Cookie Generator

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

That's not the test of first-rate intelligence, it's a test for schizophrenia.

Beestie · 06-25-2009, 09:05 PM

I think that Fitzgerald's quote is a derivation of this one.

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The mark of an educated mind is that it can entertain an idea without embracing it.

- Aristotle

So I think Fitzgerald was referring to the ability to analyse two ideas at once without adopting either whereas your garden variety schizophrenic adopts both.

But I could be wrong on both counts. Or I could be right and wrong on both counts.

06-26-2009, 06:21 AM

Thar's a couple of smart cookies for ya.

Griff · 06-26-2009, 06:49 AM

Wolf/Beestie or Fitzgerald/Aristotle?

06-26-2009, 07:26 AM

I left that open to interpretation as a test of first-rate intelligence; or, perhaps schizophrenia.

TheMercenary · 06-27-2009, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Wolf/Beestie or Fitzgerald/Aristotle?

It's a match! I marked yes.

kerosene · 07-01-2009, 07:01 PM

I clicked on this thread hoping for snickerdoodle. Damn.

Sundae · 07-01-2009, 08:52 PM

The mice made biscuits out of breadcrumbs and butterbeans.
Is that what you meant?

kerosene · 07-08-2009, 10:45 PM

not exactly what I had in mind...

wolf · 02-24-2010, 01:11 PM

Random cookie generator popped out one that's mine from the old days. Damn I'm clever.

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unfortunately the global village is populated by folks just like the people who live next door to you already.

- wolf (SilverWolf)

SteveDallas · 02-24-2010, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

That's not the test of first-rate intelligence, it's a test for schizophrenia.

To my way of thinking, it's both a test for first-rate intelligence and a test for schizophrenia.

06-26-2009, 06:49 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wolf/Beestie or Fitzgerald/Aristotle? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-26-2009, 06:21 AM	#3
NoBoxes Guest Posts: n/a	Thar's a couple of smart cookies for ya.

06-26-2009, 07:26 AM	#5
NoBoxes Guest Posts: n/a	I left that open to interpretation as a test of first-rate intelligence; or, perhaps schizophrenia.

07-01-2009, 07:01 PM	#7
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I clicked on this thread hoping for snickerdoodle. Damn.

07-01-2009, 08:52 PM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The mice made biscuits out of breadcrumbs and butterbeans. Is that what you meant?

07-08-2009, 10:45 PM	#9
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	not exactly what I had in mind...

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