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| If you don’t know the motives, judge by the results. I like this phrase - can you expand on what it means?
by dm319 6y ago
| If you don’t know the motives, judge by the results.
I like this phrase - can you expand on what it means?
- molszanski 6y agoWhat I meant was that you can guess the motivation by working backwards from the results. If I come home at 3 AM it is not accident. I wanted to party hard and I did exactly that. This is a useful simplification, like "Follow the money" or Occams Razor. Somebody has probably coined up the principle and I picked it up from South Park or something :) It might be around here somewhere: https://fs.blog/mental-models/ https://fs.blog/mental-models/ Something similar has been used in a Game of Thrones. > Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish: Sometimes when I try to understand a person's motives, I play a little game. I assume the worst. Sometimes when I try to understand a person's motives, I play a little game. I assume the worst. ...
- dm319 6y agoThanks - I like it.