From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst
6 August
You’ve heard the story of the captain on the ship’s bridge on a foggy
night who is warned there is a light dead ahead. So he sends out the following
message: “Change course 30 degrees to starboard.” The message comes back, “You
change course 30 degrees to starboard.” Unaccustomed to being told what to do,
he sends the following reply: “This is a captain, you change course.” And the
message comes back, “This is a lighthouse; you change course.”
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