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Hanlon's razor should include an exception where PR and politics are involved. Discounting malicious people as just stupid is the reason so many "stupid" people
by jasonkostempski 9y ago
Hanlon's razor should include an exception where PR and politics are involved. Discounting malicious people as just stupid is the reason so many "stupid" people are in power.
- rhizome 9y agoThat's probably a better fit for Heinlein's Razor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor#Similar_quotations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor#Similar_quota...
- jasonkostempski 9y agoHeinlein seems to agree with Kostempski's Razor: "Aphorism are worse than useless."
- jessaustin 9y agoHanlon's Razor is stupid... actually I misspoke. It's just evil.