JF Ptak Science Books   Quick QUIDITY Post

 
Certainly in the history of creative chemistry there were more reasonable things to do than this.  But perhaps not, perhaps the folks in 1934 had come to the realization that the idea of creativity was spent, that there were not going to be any new, good ideas, that the era of reasoned inquiry was gone–and to celebrate, the sport of fire boxing was born. 

These realizations came in 1934, and 1935, and every year, before and since.  The struggle with or for creativity and genius is a second-by-second bout, and there is no doubt that the quidity of what passes for a “good idea” for x^x ideas must surely fill the middle of the infinite Encyclopedia of Stuff that Doesn’t Make Sense. 

My guess is that the number of bad ideas stays a relative constant among humans.  The only difference over time is the number of humans having the bad ideas and the ways in which everyone hears about them. 

Note:

The guy on the left bears a small resemblance to Augustus Saint-Gauden’s Adams Memorial (sometimes called “Grief”).