rdmA sufficiently advanced C preprocessor is indistinguishable from another language.
Token Sane Person
FeralRobotsIf you're gonna cite Clarke's First Law, it's best to stipulate whether or not the distinguished but elderly scientist is also a hypester bullshit artist. 'Cuz if they are, we ain't in #ClarkesLaw territory anymore.
Woodchazhttps://lateboomersden.blog/2023/04/19/dragging-ideas-into-the-material-world/
Could God make a stone so heavy he couldn't lift it? If so, I bet us war monkeys would find a way to drop it on ourselves.
#Culture, #Science, #Technology, #Bjork, #ClarkesLaw, #Edgar Winter, #ideas, #Inspiration, #Magic, #Michael Crichton, #Sandman, #Shriekback
proedie“Any sufficiently messed-up home automation system is indistinguishable from a haunted house.”
“Any sufficiently messed-up home automation system is indistinguishable from a hunted house.”
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕@julianruf Clark's Law:
Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
Same page also suggests (via LessWrong) a filter:
- Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice.
- Never assume stupidity when ignorance will suffice.
- Never assume ignorance when forgivable error will suffice.
- Never assume error when information you hadn't adequately accounted for will suffice.
Therefore, never assume malice when information you hadn't adequately accounted for will suffice.
#HanlonsRazor #Malice #Stupidity #Ignorance #ClarksLaw #ClarkesLaw #EponymousLaws #ButWhoWasEponymousNamedFor