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Date:      Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:32:11 -0600
From:      Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
To:        "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: chickenbean.com
Message-ID:  <19981026113211.50449@right.PCS>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810260918080.1442-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>; from Jason C. Wells on Oct 10, 1998 at 09:18:35AM -0800
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.02.9810261115520.31749-100000@mercury.webnology.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810260918080.1442-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>

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On Oct 10, 1998 at 09:18:35AM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Jasper O'Malley wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> >
> >> Assume error and lack of skill until you can prove malice. 
> >
> >Hanlon's Razor:
> >
> >   Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained
> >   by stupidity.
> 
> Yes yes. I do believe that was it.

Which is probably just an extension of Occam's Razor:

	Prefer the simplest hypothesis that fits the data.

(assuming that stupidity is a simpler explanation than malice).

BTW, what is it with all these razors?  Some preoccupation with the macabre?
--
Jonathan   (who has a beard, and thus has no use for razors)

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