in chicago, kc attributed this quote to me Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. the closest attribution i have is The Washington Post's "Style Invitational" asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. randy
see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/invitational/invit980802.htm Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. (Greg Oetjen, Lorton) and he seems to be a Bridge player from VA... Lucy E. Lynch Academic User Services Computing Center University of Oregon llynch @darkwing.uoregon.edu (541) 346-1774/Cell: 912-7998 On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Randy Bush wrote:
in chicago, kc attributed this quote to me
Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
the closest attribution i have is
The Washington Post's "Style Invitational" asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
randy
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