May 6, 2024
#2929: Good and Bad Ideas explain
[Two axes with double arrows cross each other in the middle. At the end of each arrow, there are labels. Scattered over the chart are 28 entries. Below these entries are given for each of the four quadrants, plus three that are on the Y-axis. For each quadrant the entries are listed in reading order, top to bottom left to right.]
[X axis from left to right:]
Sounds like a good idea
Sounds like a bad idea
[Y axis from top to bottom:]
Actually a bad idea
Actually a good idea
[Top left quadrant (sounds like a good idea, actually a bad idea):]
Leaded gasoline
Asbestos
Always saying what you think
Solar cars
Heelies
Prequels
Transitions® lenses
[Top middle (actually a bad idea):]
Extension cords with prongs on both ends
[Top right quadrant (sounds like a bad idea, actually a bad idea):]
Bloodletting
Fake prank fire extinguishers
Stair kayaking
Replying to spammers
Cutting pizza in squares
Project Orion
[Center (neutral):]
Soup
[Bottom left quadrant (sounds like a good idea, actually a good idea):]
Combo washer dryers
Cutting sandwiches diagonally
Toasting sandwiches
Sliced bread
Pizza
Wheels on luggage
Heat pumps
[Bottom middle (actually a good idea):]
Eating citrus fruit while at sea
[Bottom right quadrant (sounds like a bad idea, actually a good idea):]
Diverging diamond interchanges
Crumple zones
Putting mold on infections
Laser eye surgery
Fecal transplants