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I like the "Alexander bias" term -- is that yours, or are you quoting someone else?

• cpeterso 6y ago
  What does "Alexander" refer to here?
  • necheffa 6y ago
    Probably Alexander the Great.
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  • robotresearcher 6y ago
    'And Alexander wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer.' Attributed to Alexander the Great. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/03/19/and-alexander-wept/ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/03/19/and-alexander...
    • cercatrova 6y ago
      "It is reported that King Alexander the Great, hearing Anaxarchus the philosopher discoursing and maintaining this position: That there were worlds innumerable: fell a-weeping: and when his friends and familiars about him asked what he ailed. Have I not (quoth he) good cause to weep, that being as there are an infinite number of worlds, I am not yet the lord of one?"
  • cercatrova 6y ago
    Alex's Alexander the Great, who was great at conquering but not at administrating.