Mojo, The Bard, & Me

Folly in fools bears not so strong a note

As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote;

Since all the power thereof it doth apply

To prove, by wit, worth in simplicity.

-Maria

Love’s Labour’s Lost                          Act V scene ii, line 78

I think I’ve got it. The first two lines are easy; the second two a little tougher: Folly seen in fools does not strike us as anything significant, but folly in wise men, when they’re not using the brains that they have, is significant. Further, seeing the folly in wise men reminds us that there’s something to be said for the simplicity of the fool, who’s not wasting any wisdom. Sort version: Dummies acting stupid is ok, but smart folk acting stupid isn’t.

And the light bulb just went on. My God, I cannot believe how relevant Will is!

Okay, I searched high and low, but I could not find a relevant picture. I was going to get into the issue of smart and dumb people getting behind really, really bad leaders and/or ideas, and the fact that it's easy to understand the dumb ones doing that and hard to understand the smart ones. But I couldn't find anything, so you'll just have to settle for this picture of an apple pie. It looks really good though, doesnt' it?