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a person's motivations need to be considered But how can we know a person's actual motivations? Those are internal to the individual, we can't see them. Heck,
by CWuestefeld 16y ago
a person's motivations need to be considered
But how can we know a person's actual motivations? Those are internal to the individual, we can't see them. Heck, in many ways the individual himself doesn't really understand his own motivations.
Trying to consider motivations is thus completely fruitless. We only have the history of a person's actions, and to a lesser extent, the history of his statements, to guide us.
- j_baker 16y agoStop being naive. What is a used car salesman's motivation? It's reasonable to assume that their motivation is to get you to buy a used car. What is a crack addict's motivation? It's reasonable to assume that their motivation is to get more crack. These are somewhat extreme cases, but you can almost always tell what a person's motivation is by observing them. What is a married man's motivation for not wearing his ring? He either: forgot it, lost it, is having an affair, or is no longer married. And you can probably tell which if you ask him the right questions.
- borism 16y agoso let's say motivation of the majority of Tor contributors' is helping Web users stay anonymous. but there is also minority who wants to surf child pornography undetected. and then there is really small minority who are there so that NSA can have a better look at what's happening. what then will be the end result of the code produced and deployed do you think?