Via Strange Doctrines, a Washington Post article about a man who really lives the concept of "contingency":
"What are the chances of you doing this again?" the judge asked.
Timmers -- dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit, his long, white hair flowing down his back -- paused a moment before speaking up.
"There's always a chance of anything, Your Honor," he said.
The judge's jaw dropped. He pressed Timmers to be clear.
"The odds of that happening are 800 million billion to one," Timmers said, "but I can't ever rule anything out completely, Sir."
The irony is that his
honesty has already gotten him more jail time (i.e., the delay in
sentencing). What I also like about this piece is the chain of linked
commentary about it. I especially like the commentary at Thoughts Arguments and Rants:
Don't be a Sceptic
Luka Yovetich sent me a link to this article in the Washington Post
about the costs of scepticism. The defendent was asked whether he would
commit more crimes if he was released, and (to paraphrase) he said that
he didn't know because he didn't have an answer to global scepticism.
As they say on the interwebs, read the whole thing. You'll laugh,
you'll cry, you'll recognise behaviour that previously you'd only seen
in philosophical colleagues, etc.
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