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Part of me, completely without data and gut feel, thinks if I was going to smash a statue, I’m going for the head. A lot of these statues have broken heads too
by stanrivers 6y ago
Part of me, completely without data and gut feel, thinks if I was going to smash a statue, I’m going for the head.
A lot of these statues have broken heads too ... not all though.
When I hit the head, I’m also a terrible person, meaning I’m definitely going for the face, no?
What’s the part that I am likely to hit on the face first because it sticks out? What’s the part most likely to break on the head?
Just a no-data no-expertise thought...
- taneq 6y agoI'm interested in the assumption that if you're going to whack a statue around the head, hitting the face makes you an even more terrible person. Like, what is bad about hitting a statue? And what is worse about hitting its face? Can you talk more about that?
- thinkingemote 6y agoI read the comment something like, if you get a flat 10 year sentence for hitting a statue anywhere, why not go for the head.
- dsego 6y ago> Like, what is bad about hitting a statue? I suspect vandalism.
- stanrivers 6y agoYes - my view is that attacking a statue is, in your mind, very close to attacking a person. So you are thinking “if this was a real person, how am I going to really ruin their day”, understanding that you are not actually attacking a person. But it sure probably feels more like it than hitting a granite tile.
- marcosdumay 6y agoYou take a piece of art, and proceed to destroy it. It's a violent act. It doesn't mean that you are a bad person, but it is similar enough for a model.
- dr-detroit 6y agoI'm less interested in what happened 40,000 years ago and more curious why its a dog whistle that brings so many cyberwarriors running if you dare to hint the academic timeline doesn't make any sense which it doesn't.