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[-] passepartout@feddit.org 78 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In other words:

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Although honestly, this becomes harder to apply every day.

[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 72 points 1 month ago

Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.

[-] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

Things get much harder to justify this way when you account for how easily malice can manufacturer stupidity for malice to hide in.

[-] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

And how easily stupidity nurtures hollow, fetid wounds for new malice to grow.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Consider your wisdom stolen with the intent to reproduce, good sir and/or ma’am.

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That's my favorite Isaak C. Clark quote.

/S

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

And any sufficiently depraved malice is indistinguishable from stupidity.

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 11 points 1 month ago

There's way too much malice in the world to rely on pithy witticisms too heavily.

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

You can always explain reality with that quote, you just have to realize you've been an optimist in your definition of stupidity.

this post was submitted on 20 May 2025
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