Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by willy_k 2 days ago
I think in this case Hanlon’s Razor very much applies.

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

2 comments

When it comes to political statements everything is opposite day.
No. When it comes to statements by politicians, maybe. But when it comes to what people say in a setting like this thread, being so flippant in discounting people’s earnest-ness is a mistake and gets in the way of actually moving understanding forward.
Thank you for brightening my day. Keep on acing the vibe check!
Only fools invoke Hanlon's Razor for inherently adversarial situations.
Only fools reconcile situations where people disagree as “inherently adversarial”. If you’re feeling adversarial more power to ya, but other people, myself included, are here to discuss the world for discussions’ sake.