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The '''"best of the public"''' is an approach to education, scholarship, and biblical translation that was coined during an interview of ''Conservapedia'' and first published on December 3, 2009:<ref>Tom Breen. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rel_conservative_bible Blessed are the conservative in Bible translation], ''Yahoo! News'', December 03, 2009.</ref>

The '''"best of the public"''' is an approach to education, scholarship, and biblical translation that was coined during an interview of ''Conservapedia'' and first published on December 3, 2009:<ref>Tom Breen. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rel_conservative_bible Blessed are the conservative in Bible translation], ''Yahoo! News'', December 03, 2009.</ref>

{{cquote|<big>'''The best of the public is better than a group of experts.'''</big>}}

{{cquote|<big>'''The best of the public is better than a group of experts.'''</big>}}

The concept then became a topic of discussion in the interview of ''Conservapedia'' on the Colbert Report on December 8, 2009.<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258144/december-08-2009/andy-schlafly The Colbert Report Videos: Andy Schlafly], ColbertNation.com, DecemberGOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!OTTT — 'third tier trash.' That's the attitude that you're up against.}}

The concept then became a topic of discussion in the interview of ''Conservapedia'' on the Colbert Report on December 8, 2009.<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258144/december-08-2009/andy-schlafly The Colbert Report Videos: Andy Schlafly], ColbertNation.com, December 08, 2009.</ref>  In early February 2010, [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] implicitly endorsed the concept of the "best of the public" with this response to a question by a state college student:<ref>http://abovethelaw.com/2010/02/clarence_thomas_rejects_ttt_label_for_his_law_clerks.php</ref>

{{cquote|I think there are smart kids a lot of places. ... [T]here is a bias. If you look at smart bloggers — or self-proclaimed smart bloggers — they referred to my clerks last year as TTT — 'third tier trash.' That's the attitude that you're up against.}}

Another way of expressing this concept is that "extraordinary achievements are attained by ordinary people."

Another way of expressing this concept is that "extraordinary achievements are attained by ordinary people."