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by jhiska 3080 days ago
>How about creating a new aphorism [based on Hanlon's razor]?

The whole enterprise is sabotaged by the simple fact that the logical foundation behind that aphorism can be bluntly, but better, summed as:

"Choose the most adequate explanation."

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Stupidity alone is adequate to explain this backdoor. The malice explanation requires (in this case) malice and stupidity.

In this case Hanlon's razor (and probably any where it really applies), is just Occam's razor applied to a particular type of circumstance.