oh, I like that and with permission. will spread it.

I think the point of "not ascribing to malice" is that it is much better for one's own mental health, and thus leading to a more positive state of mind w.r.t. adressing a problem.

If one ascribes something to malice then one is creating an additional problem to deal with. Namely, one has the tendency to take things personally when one perceives them to be the consequence of bad intent. One then has additional personal issues to deal with, rather than deal with the actual problem at hand in a detached, objective and constructive way.

The statement to me, therefore, is about how we personally *chose* to perceive/interpret a situation.

So your corrololary essentially turns the statement upside down.

Let me put it this way. The following two statement seem logical equivalent:

• "Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice."
• "Malice is indistinguishable from sufficiently advanced stupidity"

However, there is a world of difference in the direction of the implied choice of one subjective point of view over another.

Clarke