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Date: 2008-02-20 05:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kjaneway.livejournal.com
Obligatory...

"Simple instructions killed my intelligent parents, you insensitive clod."

:-)

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Date: 2008-02-20 05:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hazyjayne.livejournal.com
intelligent people can't follow simple instructions

I know they can't. The number of academics here that cannot follow simple set-up instructions...

*sigh*

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Date: 2008-02-20 05:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hotbadgerdeluxe.livejournal.com
I think that the intelligence part is understanding that one should follow the instructions - that is, that the person who wrote them may be more intelligent than you. Therefore it's more of an arrogance question, than an intelligence one.

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Date: 2008-02-20 05:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tigerfort.livejournal.com
...but many of them [choose not to/can't be bothered/don't pay enough attention/fail to follow them for some other reason*].

* delete as appropriate; more than one may apply in any given case.

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Date: 2008-02-20 06:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sunflowerinrain.livejournal.com
Intelligent people can follow simple instructions but may choose not to do so, especially if there is a viable alternative.

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Date: 2008-02-20 08:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bellinghman.livejournal.com
*chuckle*

I'm deeply amused at your deliberate decision to give the instructions in such a way as they can be not followed.

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Date: 2008-02-20 08:32 pm (UTC)
ext_44: (whoops)
From: [identity profile] jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com
Don't ask me, guv.

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Date: 2008-02-20 09:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com
No, I literally cannot bring myself to answer exactly one box...

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Date: 2008-02-20 09:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grendelyn.livejournal.com
Sigh... I'm not sure I know any intelligent people anymore.

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Date: 2008-02-20 11:12 pm (UTC)
shortcipher: (artichoke)
From: [personal profile] shortcipher
They *can*... but often don't.

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Date: 2008-02-21 12:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com
Your instructions did not include any criteria by which we were to choose, so I picked one on a whim. No assumptions about my belief in the veracity of the statement I picked should be inferred.

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Date: 2008-02-21 12:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sesquipedality.livejournal.com
Looks like it's about 25%. Was that what you were expecting?

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Date: 2008-02-21 09:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oldbloke.livejournal.com
They always see some ambiguity or missing step or unwanted side-effect or think they can shortcut or...

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Date: 2008-02-21 09:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] k425.livejournal.com
They can. They just don't.

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Date: 2008-02-21 09:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nomme.livejournal.com
'Instructions' - are they those bits of paper that get in the way of you getting your hands on the shiny new thing you've just bought?

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