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I'm generally a Hanlon’s razor advocate. Never attribute to malice what can be sufficiently explained by incompetence. With that said this example strains eve
by CSMastermind 2y ago
I'm generally a Hanlon’s razor advocate. Never attribute to malice what can be sufficiently explained by incompetence.
With that said this example strains even my ability to justify the incompetence angle.
- lenerdenator 2y agoHanlon's razor is significantly dulled by the presence of Larry Ellison.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoGrey's Law: "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
- pphysch 2y agoProbably a kernel of malice (corruption, kickbacks) surrounded by a warm flesh of incompetence.
- gregw2 2y agoPerhaps I can help... when Hanlon's Razor doesn't explain the malice/stupidity in play, you can always try the extending it with the following: Hubbard's corollary to Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice or stupidity that which can be explained by moderately rational individuals following incentives in a complex system". (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor#Other_variations_of_the_idea) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor#Other_variati... Or HN Nerdponx's simplification: "When money is at stake, never attribute to incompetence what could be attributed to greed." (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066724 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066724)