Whoever cannot hit the nail on the head should please, not hit it at all.
~ Nietzsche
That's a bit extreme (the full aphorism starts with something like "There are horrible thinkers who muddle a subject and make it more difficult for all who come after" -- but I can't find it just now). Still, fits with the problem of faulty premises. Memes, like other forms of communication, work better when they're as accurate as possible.
Here's the quote as translated by someone other than Walter Kaufmann (who is by far the most artistic and poetic translator of N I'm aware of): https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/friedrich_nietzsche_395397 -- annoyingly, there's no suggestion of which book, chapter, or section the aphorism might be from.
Yes, faulty premises weaken or ruin anything.
~ Nietzsche
That's a bit extreme (the full aphorism starts with something like "There are horrible thinkers who muddle a subject and make it more difficult for all who come after" -- but I can't find it just now). Still, fits with the problem of faulty premises. Memes, like other forms of communication, work better when they're as accurate as possible.
Here's the quote as translated by someone other than Walter Kaufmann (who is by far the most artistic and poetic translator of N I'm aware of): https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/friedrich_nietzsche_395397 -- annoyingly, there's no suggestion of which book, chapter, or section the aphorism might be from.