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September 3, 2012

"The Law of Morons"

Put a group of very intelligent, well meaning people in a room together,
put them on a committee or some governmental body that is devoid of guiding principles or merit-based decision making and "The Law of Morons" will prevail. The collective IQ will drop to the smallest shoe size in the room. And hope for loafers, because collectively this body won't be able to tie anything together – not even a single shoelace. -- Why We Are Totally Finished

Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 3, 2012 9:29 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Actually I think Okst was unnecessarily optimistic about group dynamics.

Watching "the Movement" at various venues in the '60s convinced me that the IQ measurement of any group could be derived by finding the lowest IQ present and dividing by the number of people in the group.

People get stupid in group settings, and there's inevitably some sonuvabitch like Billie Ayers around to take over "for the good of all." I may die alone, but I'd still rather be a lonely eagle than a happy lemming.

Posted by: Rob De Witt at September 4, 2012 12:36 PM

As they say on NPR's excellent "Car Talk," It is possible for two morons that don't know much to combine to know less than either, individually.

Posted by: Scott M at September 4, 2012 6:45 PM

The quote describes the staff meetings I attend. The "Law of Morons" is for real.

Posted by: Don Rodrigo at September 6, 2012 2:30 PM

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