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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Shard 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately you are also responsible for what you say and do.

[–] Aqarius 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's called Hanlon's razor, a take on Occam's razor, the unstated part is "all else being equal".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah and its wildly misused and dangerous.