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A nice application of this rule: try to explain a social or economic event/trend.

Theory 1: event occurs as a result of emergent phenomenon.

Theory 2: powerful people that I dislike caused it.

How is this an application of that rule?

Both theories are excuses for being lazy.

It seems to be more of an application of rule "if I say something that's appealing to the majority of people on YC I'll get upvoted."

I imagine that explaining the emergent phenomenon is less lazy than blaming someone, though simply labeling it as such may not be.