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At the risk of being recursive, I'm going to invoke Heinlen's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

In that context, "stupidity" also means ignorance, which should avoid actual recursion.

That is, I don't think most stupid behavior is caused by spite (malice) but rather obliviousness (ignorance).

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Actually, it's Hanlon's Razor:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

I think indifference factors in a lot as well. A lot of times people aren't actively wishing harm on others, but by the same token they won't change there own behavior to mediate harm that may be done to others because of their actions.

Yes, that's a word I was looking for but couldn't come up with.

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