“Such indolence and incapacity is there in the generality of mankind, that they are apt to receive a man for whatever he has a mind to put himself off for; and admit his overbearing airs as proofs of that merit which he assumes to himself.” — David Hume, “Of Impudence and Modesty,” Essays, Moral and Political
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[Résumé] L’imposture Chaux-des-Crotenay

Un FAUX à Matignon : Le SNAPEN saisit la Cour de Justice de la République contre le Premier ministre.
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Rappelant que les magistrats sont « soumis au devoir de réserve » et ne peuvent « répondre à ces attaques », Peimane Ghaleh-Marzban estime que les propos de l’ancienne garde des sceaux de Nicolas Sarkozy « jettent le discrédit sur l’autorité judiciaire et sapent la confiance légitime des citoyens dans la justice ».
Les bonimenteurs du présent n’ont d’égal que les bonimenteurs du passé.
Marvin Minsky dans LIFE Magazine du 20 novembre 1970:
«In from three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being.»
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