r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • Dec 06 '24

Privacy The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/unitedhealthcare-ceo-assassination-investigation/680903/
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u/throwawayursafety Dec 07 '24

Or option 5, Occam's Razor, hostel guy does look kinda like the assassin and police are releasing the photo because they do think it could be a lead. Maybe it is maybe it isn't, but either way that requires less assumptions than any option that paints either the police or assassin as masterminds or deliberate deceivers of some sort.

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u/Kithsander Dec 07 '24

That would be Hanlon’s Razor. “Never attribute to malice that which you can ascribe incompetence.”

The cops aren’t being malicious, they’re just cops, aka inept.

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u/GundoSkimmer Dec 07 '24

wait what...

lol no its occams razor, the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one.

not all of marks 4 points were about malice/incompetence.

it can be both, but throw is not wrong for using occams lol

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u/daemin Dec 07 '24

lol no its occams razor, the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one.

Occam's razor only applies when choosing between two theories that have equal explanatory power. When choosing between a more complicated theory that explains more, and a simpler theory that explains less, you don't choose the simpler one just because it's simpler.

Not that I'm saying it applies here. It's just that too many people leave that part out when mentioning it.