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The first two words of the rule are "never assume".

• bitcharmer 5y ago
  Reductio ad absurdum. If you were really honest about the meaning of the quote you should say "never assume malice" because that's the actual statement here.
  • doctor_eval 5y ago
    Not at all. If you have two equally likely possibilities - malice and incompetence - you should assume incompetence. I have another saying though: “Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice”.