EdEarl Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Opening some threads here remind me of being a child stepping through our church door, some remind me of reading One Flew over the Cockatoo's Nest, some are like school or university, some are like a bar fight, and a few are like a party of drunks arguing politics or other trivia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Don't forget the ones where a kid bursts into the lab and tells the scientists that despite the success of what they're doing, they're doing it wrong. Those always amaze me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta1212 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Don't forget the ones where a kid bursts into the lab and tells the scientists that despite the success of what they're doing, they're doing it wrong. Those always amaze me. Yeah, but that kid might be the next Albert Einstein. After all, he was also a kid at one point, so you never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Yeah, but that kid might be the next Albert Einstein. After all, he was also a kid at one point, so you never know! It was a reflection, not a criticism. No Einsteins yet, but we're still waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 After all, he was also a kid at one point, so you never know! And so was Adolf Hitler... darn it I have fallen victim of Godwin's law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdEarl Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Reflection about Nazis should include an understanding that such events repeat because people tend to go along, rather than make waves, especially with an authority figure in the lead. There are more recent examples, including Jonestown and Jim Jones; fortunately, Jonestown didn't involve millions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 When Nazis burst into the lab, it's always because the scientist they're about to kidnap is right about something. If the kid also bursts in right then too, do you think the Nazis would a) laugh at him and tell him to go back to school, b) suddenly suspect the scientist of being a fraud, c) ask the kid nicely for supportive evidence, or d) do something diabolical? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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