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A committee is a lifeform with six or more legs and no brain.
— Robert Heinlein ‧ Time Enough for Love
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An editorial interpretation.
A joke comparing a committee to a creature: plenty of legs to move about in every direction, but nothing upstairs to steer. It pokes at group decision-making, suggesting lots of activity can pile up without much thinking behind any of it.
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