Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, "it" will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

In this quote, the "it" i have enclosed in quotation marks, indicates, that the idea is stupid, or the fish itself is stupid?

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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, "it" will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. 

In this quote, the "it" i have enclosed in quotation marks, indicates, that the idea is stupid, or the fish itself is stupid?

anonymous · Answer

"It" here refers back to the fish:  ". . . the fish will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid."

anonymous · Answer

Sorry i enlosed the wrong it in quotations.

anonymous · Answer

Oh! Which one do you mean?  ". . .believing that it is stupid"?  It's still the fish.

anonymous · Answer

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that "it" is stupid.

anonymous · Answer

Yes yes thank you!

anonymous · Answer

You're welcome!

anonymous · Answer

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