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I absolutely disagree with Hanlon's Razor; malicious intent often hides behind the appearance of incompetance.
by Chris2048 7y ago
I absolutely disagree with Hanlon's Razor; malicious intent often hides behind the appearance of incompetance.
- 0x445442 7y agoYour assertion could be correct 49.9% of the time and still not invalidate the proposition.
- hderms 7y agoWould anyone care about discussing some 'rule' with barely greater explanatory power than flipping a coin? People aren't going to adjust their thought patterns, in practice, for such an improvement.
- Chris2048 7y agoWhat is the propostition? I read it as "That which is adequately explained by stupidity is not (or is rarely) malice". Otherwise it is a not a statement that can be objectively "factual" and is as such not a proposition.
- Pete_D 7y agoGoodhart's Corollary to Hanlon's Razor: When an exculpatory heuristic becomes well known, it ceases to be a good heuristic.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoQuoting philipov here on HN: "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."