Is this a rant? Maybe.

I am sick of these logical leaps all around me. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then all that means is that it looks, walks and quacks like a duck. That doesn't FORCE this object into duckhood.

I remember the other day in IRC someone was making up some story about the FBI knocking on their door and one of the admins wanted to ban him for spreading bullshit because all evidence made him look like a liar. Now I know he probably never talked to the FBI. But what got me was this admin declaring forcibly what they KNEW was true, trying to stop a disruptive person before it was too late. Fuck you, admin, there's something called doubt so use it. It'll help in the long run! Obviously that guy didn't talk to the fed but you don't need to rain on everyone parade with what you know. No one was falling for his bullshit we were just poking holes through his story. The more we poked the more it fell apart. We could have really torn it apart if the admin had waited half a second before jumping in thinking "I know what to do." Look at Casey Anthony. Everyone wants to blame the jury for Casey Anthony but the fucking prosecution was too impatient to collect enough evidence to convict her. (Plus it turns out Disney can buy you a pretty nice lawyer)

Obviously decisions need to be made in life. People like to be sure about their decisions. They comfort themselves that they have enough knowledge to make the right decision. All you have is information and your decision is a reflection of that limited information. Just make the best decision, forget about making the right one.

Everyone's so caught up in what is they never acknowledge what could be. Information allows multiple truths to exist because you don't need to know which is correct, just know what the evidence is pointing to.