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What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by zinklog@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

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[–] bh11235@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grey's Law: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that just Hanlon's razor reworded?

[–] bh11235@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It a certain sense it is the opposite of Hanlon's razor. In the face of difficult behavior, Hanlon's razor encourages even-mindedness ("they probably mean well") whereas Grey's law encourages conflict ("even if they do, so WHAT").