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by entropie 13 days ago
> Most criminals are dumb

You mean most criminals who get caught?

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I think both can be true.
Both can be true but it’s unclear if both are true, and it also depends on what one considers “dumb”
It also depends on what you consider to be “criminal.” I’d wager most shoplifters are dumb. Most supervisors who engage in wage theft aren’t dumb. But that’s not the kind of person who comes to mind when we think “criminal.”
There are two kinds of people in the world. Criminals, and criminals with plausible deniability.
Now we're getting somewhere.