[ale] recovering an ext3 drive

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

On 20 Jan 2003, James P. Kinney III wrote:

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> > Darwin's rules should be given a bigger priority than they currently do. 
> > Why?
> 
> Darwin's main rule is that stupid dies. Now even in my most socially
> sarcastic moments, I think that is pretty harsh for most people to
> accept. But a good dose of reality every now and then is a healthy
> thing. If someone consistently makes "mistakes", eventually they need to
> get seriously "bit" for not thinking before acting. That is the root
> cause of mistakes. 
> > 

Not to pick nits, but last I heard, Darwinian priciples had nothing to say 
about "stupid", but a great deal to say about leaving offspring. Of 
course, if you would like to argue that insects _must_ be more intelegent 
than human beings because there are more insects alive than humans, I'll 
try to listen in polite amazement.

Actually, there are probably many situations where "stupid" is smarter 
than "smart". Some forms of combat, where blindly following orders is a 
better policy (on average) than thinking about them come to mind.


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