Secret Power and Secret Weakness
Secret Power and Secret Weakness
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In other words:
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Although honestly, this becomes harder to apply every day.
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Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.
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Things get much harder to justify this way when you account for how easily malice can manufacturer stupidity for malice to hide in.
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And how easily stupidity nurtures hollow, fetid wounds for new malice to grow.
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Consider your wisdom stolen with the intent to reproduce, good sir and/or ma’am.
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That's my favorite Isaak C. Clark quote.
/S
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And any sufficiently depraved malice is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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There's way too much malice in the world to rely on pithy witticisms too heavily.
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You can always explain reality with that quote, you just have to realize you've been an optimist in your definition of stupidity.
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