Malice and Ignorance

I was recently introduced to a concept referred to as Hanlon's razor, which states: "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." It's a marvelous and liberating concept, really, one that provides and efficient philosophical razor for eliminating unlikely explanations for human behavior. Let's take it apart for a moment. "Never attribute …

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Alchemy of Calmness III

A friend of mine was demonstrating a number of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu moves to me the other day, in support of his argument that you are most effective in self-defense when you are calm. If you are in a head lock, for instance, you are wise not to focus on the points of restriction that you …

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