Fools Hardly Differ
And vice versa
The Nobel Laureate, Herbert Simon sometimes regretted having won the accolade.
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Before the Nobel, people questioned his ideas. It would shape his. The classical dialectical discourse — a thesis, an antithesis, and the resultant synthesis.
After he won the Nobel, everybody agreed with him. How could you dispute a Nobel Laureate? He wouldn’t know when he was fooling himself. No iron to sharpen another.
Such an award can make you validate your ideas only because you’re an awardee. The rest don’t think their ideas are too bold to challenge a laureate.
No, great minds don’t think alike.
Fools hardly differ.




