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Posted on: August 31, 2006 11:40 AM, by Selva

Fun stuff. Search and download. See the announcement. A fable I liked from Aesop's Fables book below. We call this desensitization in the modern lingo.

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Another version could be that just as too much of a good thing is a bad thing too much of a bad thing can be a good thing- the law of dininishing returns or fear in this case.

Posted by: Hirn | September 1, 2006 2:07 AM

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Indeed. "the law of diminishing returns". One of the obvious things we usually fail to see.

Posted by: Selva | September 1, 2006 4:33 AM

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