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Comments on: From the Book of Practical Suggestions http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2009/01/30/from-the-book-of-practical-suggestions-3/ A collection of jottings on various issues that excite no one else Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.17 By: sankarshan http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2009/01/30/from-the-book-of-practical-suggestions-3/comment-page-1/#comment-67043 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:23:25 +0000 http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/?p=495#comment-67043 In reply to Sayamindu.

Being paranoid ? Guess that requires another entry into the book then.

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By: sankarshan http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2009/01/30/from-the-book-of-practical-suggestions-3/comment-page-1/#comment-67042 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:22:55 +0000 http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/?p=495#comment-67042 In reply to Travis Reitter.

I was,but this was catharsis.

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By: sankarshan http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2009/01/30/from-the-book-of-practical-suggestions-3/comment-page-1/#comment-67041 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:22:12 +0000 http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/?p=495#comment-67041 In reply to Karunakar.

It is being pushed online in parts.

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By: Karsten Wade http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2009/01/30/from-the-book-of-practical-suggestions-3/comment-page-1/#comment-67027 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:01:50 +0000 http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/?p=495#comment-67027 It seems I am always repeating Hanlon’s razor:

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”

Yet in absence of enough information, we always presume a greater intelligence deep in conspiracy. Perhaps it’s a hard-wired survival instinct? Doesn’t seem like it would work well against a tiger, though.

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By: Bucky http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2009/01/30/from-the-book-of-practical-suggestions-3/comment-page-1/#comment-67026 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:09:06 +0000 http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/?p=495#comment-67026 I prefer to assume that people act specifically according to how their actions will impact me, personally.

If those actions are beneficial, or at worst, harmless, then those people have done their duty.

If I somehow suffer (for example, if I am briefly delayed in a supermarket check-out), then I must conclude that those people are malevolent, so I actively begin work to bring about their utter destruction.

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By: Travis Reitter http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2009/01/30/from-the-book-of-practical-suggestions-3/comment-page-1/#comment-67025 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:14:40 +0000 http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/?p=495#comment-67025 I think you’re thinking of Hanlon’s Razor:

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

It seems brash at first, but it turns out to be a calming influence 🙂

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By: Karunakar http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2009/01/30/from-the-book-of-practical-suggestions-3/comment-page-1/#comment-67023 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:39:48 +0000 http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/?p=495#comment-67023 Is the book available online?

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By: Sayamindu http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/2009/01/30/from-the-book-of-practical-suggestions-3/comment-page-1/#comment-67022 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:09:45 +0000 http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/?p=495#comment-67022 But its good to be a bit paranoid at times.

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