"The title above comes from a google group posting by fellow zdnet blogger Zack Whittaker suggesting that titles have a lot to do with page reads--the basis on which zdnet gets paid by advertisers.
"My use of the title is, however, intended to do something else: illustrate my belief that most people, technical or otherwise, are far more diligent, and far more willing to think for themselves, than most commentators, politicians, and television programmers think..."