tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post596562683745158194..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: Damn You, Bonaparte!!Jim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-65512431810004869832014-02-26T22:23:07.168-05:002014-02-26T22:23:07.168-05:00The Napoleon attribution as been added to that wik...The Napoleon attribution as been added to that wikipedia page before. It gets removed because there is no citation. You will not be able to find a citation either.Matt Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16965467144220817217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-86164330162031333532014-02-26T20:11:40.119-05:002014-02-26T20:11:40.119-05:00Matt, thanks for posting, it's good to know th...Matt, thanks for posting, it's good to know the most common attribution!<br /><br />But as I unwittingly demonstrated (and that same Wikidedia entry confirms), multiple people often arrive at the same conclusion, and Napoleon seems to have said this a couple of centuries before computer geeks concocted Hanlon's Razor - which, in turn, beat me out by 23 years!Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-62190195449170596892014-02-26T19:21:00.992-05:002014-02-26T19:21:00.992-05:00It's quite commonly quoted, but not Napoleon. ...It's quite commonly quoted, but not Napoleon. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor" rel="nofollow">Hanlon's razor</a>Matt Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16965467144220817217noreply@blogger.com