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by wodenokoto 2116 days ago
> Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence. - Napoleon

I have never seen that quote attributed to Napoleon before.

Today it is known as Hanlon’s razor, but it can be traced quite far back in time, just not to Napoleon. As always, Wikipedia got you covered:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor

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I this case it was probably neither malice nor incompetence. They've probably attributed the quote randomly just for fun.