Comments on: The Judas ratio

By: Population Statistic

Population Statistic — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:29:52 +0000

EXTRAPOLATING ONE-AND-A-HALF PERCENT OF GOODNESS…

Chaz recently dug up this curious postulation on human nature:
[I]t is the contention that in every human creature — and therefore every group comprised of human creatures — there is approx 8.5% corruption.
To that, I’ll cite Theodore…

By: unimpressed

unimpressed — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:16:09 +0000

Hmph. The toilet in which all of Congress is swimming will only allow 45 of them to be on the surface at any given time, but they all float……

By: Jeffro

Jeffro — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:31:07 +0000

And does anyone believe there are only 45 practitioners of skullduggery in Congress?

The cream rises to the top – there has to be more…..

By: Kay Dennison

Kay Dennison — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:21:48 +0000

Only in your dreams!!!!! I think the numbers are much higher than 45 — our Congress is a den of thieves.

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:28:16 +0000

Ah, but treason against Congress’ typical behavior would mean doing your job effectively, representing your constituents fairly and caring as much if not more about what was right than about what would get you elected.

I am willing to bet there are 45 such individuals in Congress today.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:19:36 +0000

Well, maybe it’s averaged over the human race. So while Congress would have more than 45, there are very likely some monastaries or abbeys that have 0.

I guess I’m more of an optimist; I often say that 5% of any group is going to be the ones who give you 95% of the trouble. Though I tend to think of that 5% as the high-maintenance contingent who will inappropriately demand, rather than as being corrupt.

Perhaps I should keep better stats on plagiarism and cheating for a few semesters and report back.