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"b-but bears are actually dangerous!" Shut the hell up.

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[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

It's systems thinking and if you think it's terrible then because it's terribly good at getting rid of excuses. "Oh but you see the intent of the prison system is to reduce crime, never mind it doing the opposite, move along, nothing to see because intent is all that matters".

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago

Yes, it's a thought exercise, not a tautology. And it's not a great thought exercise either, because people of low intellect apparently assume it's a tautology because of how it's worded.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

It's not a thought exercise but a modelling discipline.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

Those are more or less synonymous.

I can tell you've been huffing too much philosophy because you insist on weird hair splitting like this lol

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Or I'm just a boring nerd into cybernetics.

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