Re:The Eviction Tracking System: Monitor the number of U.S. ...
by mnm1 on Thursday June 25, 2020 @03:02AM
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Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by malice is just as, if not more valid in most situations (which makes hanlon's razor that much more idiotic and useless). Both are likely explanations and both are likely true at the same time in this case.
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Re:The Eviction Tracking System: Monitor the number of U.S. ...
by AnthonyMouse on Thursday June 25, 2020 @04:20AM
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The point of the razor is to not assume malice. If you can prove malice, that's a whole different story -- but then it can no longer be adequately explained by stupidity.
Re:The Eviction Tracking System: Monitor the number of U.S. ...
by pasquinelli on Thursday June 25, 2020 @05:10AM
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Yes, don't assume anything. But definitely consider malice.
What is malice anyway? You have to be intentionally harming someone? What if you're materially better off because other people are hurt? What if that makes it impossible to even see that people are hurt? Is that stupidity? Does it make any difference?