matt-- Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 This one submitted by Bob Lion54. If it hasn't been done before: Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him? hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peff Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I would say. The fool who follows him... Theyr not saying how fool the foolish are, but I guess..Uhm a fool who follows a fool is the biggest fool because he follows a fool. Wich makes the fool who follows a fool more foolish It's not that bad to be a fool as long as the fool fools with style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 For all you know, they could be following a very charismatic fool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachineCult Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 The fool is more foolish because the fool following the fool is only following to make sure that the fool doesn't do anything foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediKnight707 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 The fool. The fool who follows him is merely submitting themselves into peer-pressure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counting_pine Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 I think the answer to this question depends on two things: How foolish the fool is. How foolish the fool who follows him is. With this information, the problem can be reduced to a greater-than / less-than problem, which is solvable in polynomial time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urluckyday Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 No matter how foolish the fool is, the fool that follows him must always be more foolish...wow that's deep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediKnight707 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 While I still stand by my vote, my friend brought up an interesting point: does the fool who follows know that the fool is a fool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Andrew Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 This a trick question? I say 'the fool who follows him' since onw would have to be a fool to follow a fool, foo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peff Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Isn't it Obi wan Kenobi or Han solo or something, who says this in Star Wars IV ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 This a trick question? Its what Obi-Wan askes Han when Han says "Damn fool, I knew you'd say that." Rather than a trick question, its more of a retort. Im actually supprised it was used for the poll. It just popped in my head when I read matt-- wanted people to send in poll ideas. I thought maybe he would get a kick out of it. I'm glad it was used though. There have been some interesting, if circular, responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char Ell Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 <_< >_> Where was the option for equally foolish? IMO the follower is the more foolish of the two. But if the fool and his follower are both fools, then what does that make the person who observes the fool and his follower traipsing along their foolish path? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 The fool because the fool is the one doing it.....and the fool is following him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 The fool who follows him because Old Ben is always right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantzen Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Depands on the situation, the one that follow the fool maybe trying to stop the fool from doing something foolish like someone said before, then the follower isnt the most foolish. But if he just follow then the follower is the most foolish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smon Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 ...fool is one of those words where if you say it, it doesn't sound like a real word anymore like plenty. Fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fooly, cooly, fool, see? Now it sounds like a totally different word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 This question is a typical example for these most pregnant pseudo wise phrases you get thrown at with in 'class A' movies. There is no general answer to be found and if then it's most probably of paradox nature. A fools grade of foolishness is not to be classified depending on whether he's following another fool's footsteps or not. According to the definition of the word fool, this is not of importance or relevance. I'd like to see an option "Double Chocolate Cookies" and thus vote for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkkender Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 He who follows a fool for any reason is still a fool. No matter how you justify a situation your still following the fool. Now being classified as a follower implies that you are being led by somebody. If you are being led by a fool then by default that makes you a fool as well. Now since it is universally agreed upon that those who follow and not lead are not independant thinkers thus they are foolish. This foolishness of following a fool makes the Follower the greater fool. So to the person who proposes this as an equation it would look like this. void main() { fool = 1; follower = fool; fool + follower = greater_fool; while(greater_fool > fool) { print("The Follower is the Greater Fool"); } } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcorn2008 Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 No matter how foolish the fool is, the fool that follows him must always be more foolish...wow that's deep... I like this statement, and have to agree. If you have a fool, he is in definition foolish. When a fool follows the original fool, they have to be more foolish because they followed the first fool. If the fool who follows wasnt as foolish as the first fool then they wouldnt have followed the original fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoM Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I say, I say Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 The fool is already foolish, thus the other 'fool' already knows this. Yet despite this he allows himself or herself to follow the fool and therefore becoming more foolish than the fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niner_777 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 I'd say that the fool is more foolish because the fool is already established as a fool, where as the fool who follows the fool hasn't actually been foolish at all and may not during the following of the fool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=DEATH STAR= Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 didnt obi wan in episode four summon that up? i voted for the fool who follows the other guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnaGuard Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 didnt obi wan in episode four summon that up? i voted for the fool who follows the other guy Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igyman Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 You'd have to be pretty foolish to follow a fool, so the fool who follows him gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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