The Speed of Stupidity the earth moves at eighteen miles per second I tell my supervisor so even though it may look like I’m doing nothing even though it may seem like the company is paying me for nothing I’m actually moving faster than the eye comprehends the supervisor mulls this over for the amount of time it takes the earth to sprint thirty six miles before asking me how fast do I reckon it will take him to fill out a written reprimand for insubordination the answer, of course is not as fast as it takes me to apologize and get back to work