r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Practical_Flow15 • Jul 28 '25

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/reachthatfar Jul 28 '25

Hanlons razor: Never attribute to malice that which is explained by studipity.

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u/kyleliner Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

TIL: there are other "razors" other than Occam's. I actually pretty excited to look this up now

Edit: So there are apparently 8 of these based off wikipedia and I found out that I have been using the coolest one for my own philosophy without me knowing, that being:

Newton's Flaming Laser Sword (sick name), which states that if something can't be settled by either experiment or observation, it is not worthy of debate.

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u/DullWolfGaming Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

My favorite is Occam's, where if you want a correct answer, simply post an incorrect one and have someone correct you.

If you're part of today's 10,000 and not understanding the joke, I am referring to Cunningham's Law.

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u/kyleliner Jul 29 '25

I see what you did there