Quotulatiousness

September 3, 2022

QotD: The Severian Corollary to Hanlon’s Razor

Filed under: Humour, Quotations — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 01:00

Y’all are doubtless familiar with “Hanlon’s Razor”:

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

A while back I wrote that this needs an update, and being a humble guy, I named it the “Severian Corollary”:

    There’s a level of stupidity so profound, you actually hope it’s malice.

Severian, “Quick Take: The Severian Corollary”, Rotten Chestnuts, 2019-07-31.

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