At a recent meeting the chairman, Art B., was gently disagreeing with the notion that having a bunch of people working together is guaranteed to improve things:
We don't know what "good" means with respect to [this topic] — so it's a hypothesis that collaboration makes it "better".
Later, describing another project, Art remarked:
The person we're trying to help has nothing — so all we have to beat is nothing!
TopicPersonalHistory - TopicHumor - Datetag20061008
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