Nitwit Ideas Are For Emergencies. You Use Them When You've Got Nothing Else To Try.

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Nitwit ideas are for emergencies. You use them when you've got nothing
else to try. If they work, they go in the Book. Otherwise you follow
the Book, which is largely a collection of nitwit ideas that worked.
-- Larry Niven, "The Mote in God's Eye"

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