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Be careful with labels / generalizations like "stupid legal system" and "inequitable laws". What you, some people and some companies might see as such, a whole
by ablekh 6y ago
Be careful with labels / generalizations like "stupid legal system" and "inequitable laws". What you, some people and some companies might see as such, a whole bunch of other people and other companies might see as exactly the opposite. The world is not black and white. And it's all about perspectives ...
- breck 6y ago> The world is not black and white. But it is N and N^N
- ablekh 6y agoHow is this relevant to the subject? Is this your counterargument to the core of what I wrote above?
- breck 6y agoI would agree with you about the "be careful" part. A wise quote is "If you want to tell people the truth, you'd better make them laugh or they'll kill you”. I believe in perspective too, and agree that perspective matters. But I also believe their is a common perspective (very hard to get at, that is the journey of scientists), and so at some point when you have enough data you can say "well there really is a black and white here".
- ablekh 6y agoFair enough. I'm glad that we seem to be largely on the same page on the subject, then. As for the "common perspective", I usually refer to that as consensus and, indeed, it is very hard - in some cases, I would say, excruciatingly hard - to achieve. Unfortunately, such is life ...