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Hanlon's razor applies here. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." -- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
by asaph 9y ago
Hanlon's razor applies here.
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
-- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
- mannykannot 9y agoHanlon's razor would only apply if the person doing the test was being accused of deliberately ignoring the issue of initial water quality for malicious purposes. Besides that, it is a simple, judgement-free fact that if you are measuring how much a device changes something, you have to compare the output to the input, independently of any hypotheses about how the input got to be the way it is.
- asaph 9y agoHanlon's Razor applies because the GP literally accused the person of malice. Direct quote: > Point is, this is a core thing that should've been tested, and not doing so implies either malice or laziness...
- mannykannot 9y agoMy apologies, you are right.
- philippejara 9y agohe literally accused the person of either malice or laziness, not of malice. The either is pretty important.
- asaph 9y agoHe's accusing him of malice or he's accusing him of laziness. Hanlon's razor applies to the former and not the latter. You're splitting hairs.