Jae Onasi Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 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. Any amount of foolishness is >0. The Fool has x amount of foolishness. Followers of anyone have y amount of foolishness simply for following, which is >0 (smaller number if they follow really brilliant people, a high number for following someone terminally stupid). Someone who agrees with the fool has foolishness = to the fool. Someone who follows does so because he agrees with the fool. Therefore, the fool has x amount of foolishness, and the fool who follows has x amount of foolishness + y amount of foolishness for following. Since both x and y are positive, x+y>x, so the fool who follows is the more foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Devon Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Someone who's foolish is a fool. If someone is foolish because they follow a fool, then they themselves are a fool. Since there's only one option, I vote fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Too much math in this thread! The following fool is more foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Devon Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Silly RedHawke, to follow a fool makes one a fool! There's only one option to vote for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Too much math in this thread! The following fool is more foolish. Yeah, look at what multiple years of post-secondary education does for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igyman Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Silly RedHawke, to follow a fool makes one a fool! There's only one option to vote for. Nope. There are two options, remember, the question here is who is the bigger fool (more foolish) and 'the fool who follows him' is the bigger fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Devon Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Ah, but two fools who go after the same cause are equal fools, whether they follow each other not. The fact remains that they are pursuing their foolish ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igyman Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Ah, but two fools who go after the same cause are equal fools, whether they follow each other not. I don't agree with this. If someone pursues a foolish cause because someone else pursues it - if he follows a fool - then that someone is the bigger fool than the first one - the first fool pursues a foolish cause simply because he thinks that the cause is worth it, while the second, 'the fool who follows him', pursues that cause for that same reason, but more importantly, because he thinks that the first fool is right. This is the second fool's main reason, the opinion that the cause is worth it is secondary to this. The fact remains that they are pursuing their foolish ideas. That's true, but again, the question here states, and I quote: Who's the more foolish? The answer to that is still 'the fool who follows him'. It all goes down to the number of reasons for pursuing the foolish cause and, more importantly, to the main reason for pursuing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 I vote for the fool, through a complex logical reasoning process. But my heart tells me both are equally foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Is the fool doing the following aware of the foolishness of the one he follows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Is the fool doing the following aware of the foolishness of the one he follows? I don't know. Maybe he's being fooled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Jimmy Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I'm with The Doctor. If the follower doesn't know that the Fool is actually a Fool then he's obviously following the fool because he thinks he is right. I think the first Fool is the more foolish. The first Fool is already an established fool and is doing something straight out foolish, but the follower is obviously following the first Fool because he thinks he is correct. He wouldn't follow the first Fool if he knew it was foolish and wrong. The first Fool is just being outright foolish. So, through my twisted logic, The First Fool is the more foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo_92 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 the fool who follows the fool who is following the fool is the fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Devon Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I don't agree with this. {snip} Wow, this reply is long overdue. They're both still fools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-1162 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 i'd say the fool who follows him, because an un-foolish person will be able to make out that foolishness coming out of the fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo_92 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 they are both fools foolishly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Well, since I believe that we're all fools are some level or another, I'd have to say the fool who follows. I'm not a follower, and I have little respect for anyone who is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-1162 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 you're very foolish if you even have the slightest respect for the foolish-er person who follows the fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I've got it! Neither the fool nor the fool who follows him is the more foolish. The more foolish is the one who follows the other two, and has an evil Sith Lord for a father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-1162 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Luke? okay, i can live with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo_92 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 FOOLS!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I believe that they're both fools equally. The fool is a fool because the guy who made this thread said so, the fool who follows the fool is also a fool because he follows a known fool thus making himself a fool. But they're both equal fools because the fool started a 'fool religion', and the fool who follows the fool is a fool for following that fool. Did anyone get all that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnpp Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I am the most foolish though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grievous797 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 I think that the fool following the fool is the most foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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