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minus-squareTheObviousSolution@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoAlthough Hanlon’s razor says “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”, I’d argue never misjudge malicious intent for stupidity. The first makes you just look a bit dumb, the second makes you a victim.
minus-squaretomkatt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoAfter a certain tipping point, stupidity en masse becomes indistinguishable from malice. The result is more important than the intent.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·14 hours agoI think there does come a point where stupidity and malice are basically the same thing.
Although Hanlon’s razor says “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”, I’d argue never misjudge malicious intent for stupidity. The first makes you just look a bit dumb, the second makes you a victim.
After a certain tipping point, stupidity en masse becomes indistinguishable from malice. The result is more important than the intent.
I think there does come a point where stupidity and malice are basically the same thing.