• UltraMagnus@startrek.website
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      3 hours ago

      That’s true of many rules/razors… I wonder if there’s a rule/razor about not putting too much faith in things like murphys law and occams razor.

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      It’s always held true for me. Malice - or forethought - require intelligence, something that’s in much shorter supply than anybody would believe.

      Stupid usually explains most everything adequately.

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      1 day ago

      Is it, though? Has the system been keeping us down, or are the ppl in charge just stupid and greedy? Assigning intent makes the unfairness sting less.

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        24 hours ago

        Has the system been keeping us down, or are the ppl in charge just stupid and greedy?

        This is a false choice, it’s both. Not all of them are (or were) stupid. But the system is intentionally like this because people are greedy. For money and power.

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              15 hours ago

              Well, I felt you were drawing relevance away from the initial intent of the quoted maxim. Regardless, looks like I might have overreacted. Let’s just chalk this up to internet comments.