On 11-12-20 10:44 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote:
I'm inclined to speculate that, yes, they HAVE gotten your message.
They probably got your message long ago. But perhaps, for strategic
business reasons, they continue to deliberately obfuscate the issue by
exercising the art of deflection and misdirection.
Maybe. If so, they are not very good at deflection and misdirection.
Frankly, I think their response to me makes them look stupid.
Perhaps they *are* stupid.
That issue is quite independent of whether they're honest. Not
everybody in business who is in a position to control substantial sums
is highly intelligent, after all.
And if they're actually con guys, well, most criminals are, after all,
kind of dumb (despite the fact that the ones who get famous and written
up in the news tend to be exceptionally intelligent). This has been
studied (can't cite a URL, sorry), it's not just speculation. Smart
people generally don't feel the need to rob banks, or to go into dicey
con games where they're more than half likely to end up in jail. The
upside doesn't balance out the downside.
