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    - It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends ...

    Started by K-Dog Feb 20, 2024, 10:57 PM

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    Feb 20, 2024, 10:57 PM
    Quote from: TDoS on Feb 20, 2024, 08:32 PMIt Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It.
    When the man is a scientist who's salary requires and depends on him studying topics to the best of ability....how can his salary require him to NOT understand it?

    In that case salary depends on not not understanding.  A negation is introduced but nothing is really changed because salary determines what is understood in both cases.

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