Use this to shave off the negativity from your life🪒

#103 | Hanlon's Razor

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Today we are talking about a simple mental model called Hanlon’s Razor

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The Ant-Negativity Razor🪒

Yea, that’s what I like to call Hanlon’s Razor.

A razor here is a simple mental tool to shave off unnecessary information or noise from a decision.

The most popular razors are Occam’s and Hanlon’s.

Hanlon’s razor goes like this -

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”

There is of course to more to the model, but this is the essence of it.

We have written a short blog post on the topic this week, do check it out -

• What is a Razor?

• What is Hanlon’s Razor?

• 2 variations and examples and how to apply them.

• Cases where Hanlon’s Razor doesn’t work

• And much more🚀🚀🚀

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🔗 Related

• Pareto’s Principle | 80/20 Rule

• What are mental models and why are they important

• The mental model of compounding

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🐦 Birdwatch

Ayush 🙏 @ayushtweetshere

Who understands and applies Mental Models here? I am intrigued by Hanlon's razor🪒 "Never attribute to malice what can be explained by ignorance" I use it almost everyday to deal with folks on Twitter😅

August 20th 2021

2 Retweets9 Likes

Alexander Cortes PhD, Fitness, Nutrition, Fat loss @AJA_Cortes

Do Not be made stupid by Conspiracy theory -This cultural phenomenon that everything that happens is a conspiracy and preplanned ITS COPE The REAL truth is realizing the incompetency -Hanlons Razor Do not attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity

August 17th 2021

23 Retweets195 Likes

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💭Something to chew on

What parts of your life can be made simpler if you applied Hanlon’s Razor?

• Professional relationships?

• Personal relationships?

• Online interactions?

Think about it🤔

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🔖 Bookmarks

• Superthinking - The big book of mental models

• The Great Mental Models Volume 1 | Farnam Street

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📂 From the archives

• 🧠A Life of Purpose - The One about Work | Wisdom Letter #51

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PS: I legit went viral on Twitter this week 😅

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