Hanlons razorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Hanlon's razor

1. The adage stating "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
   • 1980 October, G. Gordon Liddy, quotee, “Playboy Interview: G. Gordon Liddy”, in Playboy‎, volume 27, number 10, Chicago, →ISSN, page 211:

     McCord may have bungled the taping of the internal doors, all right, but remember Hanlon's Razor, which is a maxim that states: "Never blame on malice that which can be fully explained by stupidity."

   • 2017 September 30, Nate Silver, “The Media Needs To Stop Rationalizing President Trump's Behavior”, in FiveThirtyEight‎, archived from the original on 2017-09-30:

     But at many other times, journalists come up with overly convoluted explanations for Trump's behavior ("this seemingly self-destructive emotional outburst is actually a clever political strategy!") when simpler ones will suffice ("this is a self-destructive emotional outburst."). In doing so, they violate both Ockham's razor and Hanlon's razor — the latter of which can be stated as "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hanlon's razor.

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Further reading

• Hanlon's razor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia