Administrators Have Seized the Ivory Tower

Re:Administrators Have Seized the Ivory Tower by taylorius on Monday December 05, 2022 @04:36AM (#33863384)

I don't subscribe to Hanlon's razor. I'm not convinced there is a clear dividing line between stupidity and malice. Is greed and selfishness malicious, or stupid? Both? And who is to know the contents of a bureaucrat's heart when they reject your form? Hanlon's razor is nothing but a broom to sweep bad intentions under the rug.

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Re:Administrators Have Seized the Ivory Tower by hoseja on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:46AM (#33865536)

I stop Hanlon's Razor at the individual level. As soon as you have a meme-entity subject to evolutionary pressure (corporation, government, nation, religion, charity, ...), assume maximum malice only loosely limited by its effect on fitness.

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Re:Administrators Have Seized the Ivory Tower by taylorius on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:54AM (#33865643)

I agree 100%. If one were to apply Hanlon's razor in those circumstances, one would have to explain how such entities always seem to come out on top from their "stupid" actions.

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