Striker@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year agoImagine voting for someone that wants to get rid of the department of education.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1880arrow-down124
arrow-up1856arrow-down1imageImagine voting for someone that wants to get rid of the department of education.lemmy.worldStriker@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square134fedilink
minus-squarehglmanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoBut it is not safe to make that assumption. It’s wildly dangerous to label evil as stupid. Giving evil people an in is how we get to where we are.
minus-squareShard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI was just explaining to the commenter above what was meant by the saying. I never said it was correct in all situations. If you have an issue with the saying, you’re free to give Robert j. Halon your feedback.
minus-squarehglmanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoUnfortunately you are also responsible for what you say and do.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s called Hanlon’s razor, a take on Occam’s razor, the unstated part is “all else being equal”.
But it is not safe to make that assumption. It’s wildly dangerous to label evil as stupid. Giving evil people an in is how we get to where we are.
I was just explaining to the commenter above what was meant by the saying. I never said it was correct in all situations.
If you have an issue with the saying, you’re free to give Robert j. Halon your feedback.
Unfortunately you are also responsible for what you say and do.
It’s called Hanlon’s razor, a take on Occam’s razor, the unstated part is “all else being equal”.
Yeah and its wildly misused and dangerous.