@skells Doesn't that only require that they _believed_ they would win? And I'll bet they do.
@kcrca it's comfortable to assume one's enemies are fools; it is rarely wise
@skells It's a interesting thought. Although, given the law of symmetry of aphorism, there's always "Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to stupidity." <shrug> In the end we all stumble between these approaches scraping the floor for clues for what's really going on. Luckily for probably everyone, what I think about this will have no effect on what gets done. 🙂
@kcrca hah, law of symmetry of aphorism is nice
it depends on your exposure, never attribute.... , applies well to flatmates and the people down the pub, in geopol be more circumspect and in the trenches you'd not last long assuming stupidity
but yes, glad to be able to assume the best in people in my day to day interactions :)
@skells I'm not saying there aren't people there who know better, even in some high places. I'm saying we can't assume logical behavior for major decisions with a randomizer like that at the helm.