an even stranger sort of poll
Mar. 23rd, 2007 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dichroicI have a theory that a certain type of geekish mind is likely to be most attracted to a certain one of Shakespeare's sonnets. (This is based on no data but a sample of one.) The problem is that to test my hypothesis, I need a sampling of people whom I suspect are fairly rare in the general populations, of said geekish type who also know
their Shakespeare.
So, two qualifications: first, I need people who know the Three Laws of Robotics by heart. I need to winnow that group even further, to those who know one or more Shakespeare sonnets by heart. If you fit my rarified group, please tell me: which of the sonnets do you also know by heart?
I've already posted on the piffle discussion list (a Yahoogroup), where of eight responders so far who know or at least are very familliar with both the Three Laws and the sonnets, 2 (so 25%) have mentioned the sonnet I had in mind. However, two others have been mentioned three times, and one has been mentioned four! I'll let it run another day or to then post results in both places.
Two notes:
1. For "know by heart" I'm not being strict. "Know well enough to get mostly right" will do, and so will "used to know". There will be no quiz.
2. Why yes, I was drinking wine while pondering this idea. Why do you ask?
their Shakespeare.
So, two qualifications: first, I need people who know the Three Laws of Robotics by heart. I need to winnow that group even further, to those who know one or more Shakespeare sonnets by heart. If you fit my rarified group, please tell me: which of the sonnets do you also know by heart?
I've already posted on the piffle discussion list (a Yahoogroup), where of eight responders so far who know or at least are very familliar with both the Three Laws and the sonnets, 2 (so 25%) have mentioned the sonnet I had in mind. However, two others have been mentioned three times, and one has been mentioned four! I'll let it run another day or to then post results in both places.
Two notes:
1. For "know by heart" I'm not being strict. "Know well enough to get mostly right" will do, and so will "used to know". There will be no quiz.
2. Why yes, I was drinking wine while pondering this idea. Why do you ask?
