Friday Wisdom – Hanlon’s Razor

Posted on 10/28/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.
—Robert J. Hanlon
More wisdom next Friday,
Andrew

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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21 Responses to Friday Wisdom – Hanlon’s Razor

  1. ljlhannah says:
    11/04/2016 at 1:04 pm

    Incompetence is no excuse!

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  2. inesephoto says:
    10/29/2016 at 4:04 pm

    Oh my goodness, this one has to be carved in marble.

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  3. jfwknifton says:
    10/28/2016 at 12:32 pm

    A phrase which, I think, must be applicable to a great many police officers.

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  4. Dave Foyle says:
    10/28/2016 at 9:24 am

    We quote this all of the time in reference to my Union dealings with management. It’s definitely a truism!

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  5. PiedType says:
    10/28/2016 at 8:35 am

    I don’t suppose you had anyone in particular in mind when you wrote this …

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  6. Jacqui Murray says:
    10/28/2016 at 7:43 am

    My husband and I were just discussing Okam’s Razor. And Schroeder’s Cat. Ah these clever paradigms.

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  8. Allan G. Smorra says:
    10/28/2016 at 6:18 am

    Nice quote, Andrew. I have seen it in action, but not in words until now.
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  9. markalbroworld says:
    10/28/2016 at 5:18 am

    This is certainly apropos to much that is happening in our national political discourse ! Nice quote.

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