What 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

What 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. ...