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minus-squareTheObviousSolution@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months 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-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoi’m introducing Marx’ Flaming Laser Sickle, which says that i don’t give a fuck about the underlying cause if the effect is fascism.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoI think there does come a point where stupidity and malice are basically the same thing.
minus-squareBogeyTheSwear@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoWhat if the stupidity is caused by decades of malicious dismantling of the education system?
minus-squaretomkatt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAfter a certain tipping point, stupidity en masse becomes indistinguishable from malice. The result is more important than the intent.
minus-squarePlantDadManGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoReddit’s razor? Harambe’s razor?
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.
i’m introducing Marx’ Flaming Laser Sickle, which says that i don’t give a fuck about the underlying cause if the effect is fascism.
I think there does come a point where stupidity and malice are basically the same thing.
What if the stupidity is caused by decades of malicious dismantling of the education system?
then ur fukt. and so am i.
After a certain tipping point, stupidity en masse becomes indistinguishable from malice. The result is more important than the intent.
Reddit’s razor? Harambe’s razor?