# Hanlons Razor Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity <!-- #mental-model --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Hanlons+Razor) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Hanlons+Razor) <!-- {BearID:85F0D0C0-7A87-46A1-875B-917297927479-610-00000AABFB97834B} -->