feeding hungry people

[Jasper Fidget]

Another application of Occam's Razor--mainly in engineering--states that the
simplest approach to solving a given problem is most often best.  Therefore
if one *wanted* children to step on mines, they might place food in the
middle of a minefield.  Similarly if one *wanted* children to suffer for the
actions of a given military campaign, they might posit the same.  But then,
another useful piece of logical cutlery is "Hanlon's Razor", which states,
"Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by
stupidity".

Jasper Fidget

----- Original Message -----
From: <MalignD at aol.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: feeding hungry people


> <<Hmmm. Sure sounds dangerous to me, in my ignorance of facts to the
contrary.
>
> I don't know about you, but when something makes simple sense, be it a an
>
> explanation of the past or an analysis of what may be happening or will
soon
>
> happen, it takes a leap of faith or hard facts from a believable source to
>
> get me to think otherwise.>>
>
> Has the US in fact planted mines?  Are the food drops in mined areas?
Have
> any children ventured into these areas?  Are precautions being taken?
HAVE
> ANY CHILDREN STEPPED ON MINES?
>
> You want to believe it has already occurred (on the conjecture of someone
who
> wants to believe it has occurred), and ask me to assume the same because
of
> Occam's razor.
>
> Sorry.
>
>
>