[ExI] Godwin's Law - Ammended (Was Re: OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash)

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of John Clark via extropy-chat



 

 

On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

> As we all should know, Godwin's Law states:
"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison
involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."
Ammendment: The probability of Jeffrey Epstein coming up prior to or
in lieu of Hitler in such discussions increases arithmetically
proportional to the orangeness of POTUS' hair.

 

Godwin's Law states that anyone who utters the "H" word automatically loses the debate, but you did exactly that so according to Godwin's law (which for the record I think is a very silly law) you have lost the debate.

 

John K Clark

 

 

 

It occurred to me why we can’t let go of Epstein: we needed a new universal bad guy.  If you ever have a chance to listen to a group of young people, teens, discussing Hitler, it is most disconcerting.  To those of us in our g-g-g-generation, Hitler was well-known for mass murder.  

 

Today’s under 25 crowd was educated far differently.  Hitler created the planes which are the opponents in the most popular in air battle software (pre-guided missile) and tank battle games (again, pre-guided missile which obviates projectile-only mobile armor units.)  Even more concerning to me is that Israel seems to be the new bad guy of choice.  For those who accept that Israel is the bad guy, Hitler is seen in a whole new light.  The Palestinians consider Hitler a hero.  

 

Likewise, there are plenty of young neo-communists, who see little wrong in what Chairman Mao perpetrated.  This is real, and most disconcerting.

 

Epstein is the new universal bad guy and is useful to both ends of the current US political spectrum simultaneously.  

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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