Full Idea
Two boats on Lake Constance in dense fog are in less danger of colliding if their pilots are drunk than if they are attempting to master the situation.
Gist of Idea
Drunken boat pilots are less likely to collide than clearly focused ones
Source
Jean Baudrillard (The Intelligence of Evil [2004], p.196)
Book Reference
Baudrillard,Jean: 'The Intelligence of Evil or The Lucidity Pact' [Berg 2005], p.196
A Reaction
Charming, but I think empirical research would prove it false. At least rational pilots know to keep to the right (?) when a shape looms through the fog. I prefer rational pilots, but then I am one of those sad people who admires the Enlightenment.