I often find that my mind seizes on a particular thought and immediately starts crafting something short and punchy around it. I don't know if it's a flaw in my character or whether it has a potential for greatness on its own. What really worries me is that my subconscious may just be dishing up something someone else said and I've just forgotten that I've heard it before.
All of which is to try to fluff up a post that otherwise would have contained nothing but the following:
Spot the logical fallacy: "I am way too smart to believe any of that junk, therefore anyone who believes it must be much dumber than I am."
Edit: The other thing I often see is that several articles addressing thoughts I've just had will spontaneously appear in my RSS stream... For example, this.
