August 12, 2005

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Pixy's 22nd Law

In any situation where there is the classic asymmetry of regard; that is, Group A thinks Group B is evil, while Group B thinks Group A is stupid, Group B is almost always correct.

The reasons for this become obvious once one realises that this still holds true when the labels are reversed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 10:33 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 stupid--> http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/111366.php

Posted by: matoko kusanagi at August 12, 2005 03:51 PM (gNc4O)

2 Yep, that's stupid all right. It's one of Rusty's guest posters, though; Rusty himself is rather more sensible.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 12, 2005 04:33 PM (AIaDY)

3 I'm confused.
Do you mean it still holds true when the labels "Group A" and "Group B" are reversed, or when the labels "evil" and "stupid" are reversed? I'm assuming the latter, but my low intellect perceives the original statement ambiguously.

Posted by: Evil Pundit at August 13, 2005 04:30 PM (+2/LZ)

4 A & B.
In other words, stupidity is far more common than evil.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 13, 2005 05:14 PM (ymzzr)

5 Ah.
I thought the principle was "people who think other people are evil tend to be stupid", but your interpretation makes more sense.

Posted by: Evil Pundit at August 13, 2005 05:22 PM (+2/LZ)

6 That's because evil is stupid.
You can use the commutative property to do the math.

Posted by: TallDave at August 17, 2005 01:24 AM (+zD27)

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