tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post2133347024653873072..comments2023-10-09T04:11:47.358-07:00Comments on Not A Potted Plant: Jerks Lose: An Informal Statistical MusingBurt Likkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-14503463574151202142009-03-29T22:27:00.000-07:002009-03-29T22:27:00.000-07:00David, that hypothesis is so optimistic that I dis...David, that hypothesis is so optimistic that I discarded it out of hand. But perhaps I should take a glance through Arnie's rose-colored glasses and reconsider it.Burt Likkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-31708840657599989282009-03-29T20:18:00.000-07:002009-03-29T20:18:00.000-07:00You forget the most optimistic hypothesis of all: ...You forget the most optimistic hypothesis of all: the law links up closely enough to moral behavior that, in general, a dispute between nice guys and assholes is one where the asshole is in the wrong in law as well as ethics.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-24847927459410098532009-03-27T18:21:00.000-07:002009-03-27T18:21:00.000-07:00The corrolary seems closer to my perceptions of re...The corrolary seems closer to my perceptions of reality than the other theories you present. Nice people tend to do the right thing. Nice people recognize when others are doing the right thing. And the law should point the way to doing the right thing. I admit this seems like a "rose-colored glasses" view of the world, but nice people who do the right thing SHOULD prevail.Arniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05694909752980178716noreply@blogger.com