{"id":45294,"date":"2015-06-27T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T11:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=45294"},"modified":"2015-06-27T16:37:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T16:37:02","slug":"another-serpent-bites-its-tail-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=45294","title":{"rendered":"Another serpent bites its tail \/ the dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; these people seem headed for Darwin prizes ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>You know I am always on the lookout for form &#8212; pattern, geometry, whatever you want to call it &#8212; in the news. Here, if the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> is to be believed, is a classic case:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Serpent-bites-tail-transsexual-to-join-IS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Serpent-bites-tail-transsexual-to-join-IS.png\" alt=\"Serpent bites tail transsexual to join IS\" width=\"607\" height=\"449\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Serpent-bites-tail-transsexual-to-join-IS.png 607w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Serpent-bites-tail-transsexual-to-join-IS-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s that saying, <em>form follows function<\/em>. I&#8217;m not sure how universal a truth that is, but it is certainly a useful design heuristic, and what we appear to have here is an instance of the failure of function followed by an aberrant form: lack of knowledge leading to self-destruction. More succinctly: <em>form also follows dysfunction<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it&#8217;s an OODA loop gone awry, with lack of Observation followed by Orientation, Decision and Action. Unless these poor people awaken from their delusion first, the Islamic State is unlikely to give them any further iterative chances to re-Observe and Orient.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t much like the <strong>Darwin Prizes<\/strong> &#8212; there&#8217;s a bit of a gloating aura to them, although they&#8217;re also amusing in a way that sneaks around the inherent sadness and meanness. <\/p>\n<p>Poor kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; these people seem headed for Darwin prizes ] . You know I am always on the lookout for form &#8212; pattern, geometry, whatever you want to call it &#8212; in the news. Here, if the Daily Mail is to be believed, is a classic case: There&#8217;s that saying, form follows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526,859,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charles-cameron","category-form","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45294"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45306,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45294\/revisions\/45306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}