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"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
by nunodonato 2y ago
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
- account42 2y agoThat's a really great guideline ... if you want to help out malicious people. Not everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt.
- mort96 2y agoWhy not
- MrMetric 2y agoFor corpos, I view things the opposite way: Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.
- Anarch157a 2y agoFor corpos, I attribute it to BOTH. They're malicious AND stupid.
- franktankbank 2y agoAlways said with the implication that whatever happened can be "adequately explained by stupidity"...
- sleight42 2y agoI like to point out that sufficient stupidity/ignorance can be indistinguishable from malice. Consider it the impact of people living within their bubbles or the result of enormous blindspots.