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hunter

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2. Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything is crap.
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 01:16 PM
Nov 2025
Sturgeon's law (or Sturgeon's revelation) is an adage stating "ninety percent of everything is crap". It was coined by Theodore Sturgeon, an American science fiction author and critic, and was inspired by his observation that, while science fiction was often derided for its low quality by critics, most work in other fields was low-quality too, and so science fiction was no different.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law


Machine generated stuff is 100% crap. Using AI isn't creative, it's just dredging through a messy distillation of everyone else's crap.

If you are actually a creative person you will find a way to express yourself. It might be hard work, but eventually you'll manage it.

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