On 8/30/2014 10:04 AM, Kagamin wrote:
On Friday, 29 August 2014 at 02:10:53 UTC, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d
wrote:
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by
incompetence. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
True in casual setting, but false in professional field. Incompetence is
equivalent to malice there.
I admit: I would never claim that malice isn't common. It certainly is,
*especially* where suit-type professions occur (mba's, sales, etc).
It's just that I'm also convinced that stupidity, OTOH, is freaking
*pandemic*.
Plus, if you ask me, a certain amount of stupidity is a necessary
component of malice. If someone's being malicious about something, it's
difficult to imagine there isn't *some* form of stupidity swimming
around in their line of reasoning (if there even is a line of reasoning
at all. And if not...well, lack of reasoning *is* a classic form of
stupidity).