Sometimes there’s no point in giving up. - Larry Niven

"From afar he saw what Speaker was doing, and he called "Hold it! That's not necessary." Speaker had drawn the modified digging tool. He said, "Does it have to be necessary?

Nitwit ideas are for emergencies. You use them when you've got nothing else to try. If they work, they go in the Book. Otherwise you follow the Book, which is largely a collection of nitwit ideas that worked.

There aren’t many prizes for second place in battle.