People put far too much faith the idea that we as a society know most, or even all there is to know. Humanity has advanced far and increasingly faster in recent years, but we still know basically nothing in terms of the grand scale of things to discover and know.
Even now, our methods of discovering things like new species are far less advanced than people like this probably imagine - it basically boils down to time, persistence, and luck.
I figured the same, but now I'm of the mind we've once again given the fools too much credit. Maybe that was the impetus for the event, but this embarrassment is far from the test of loyalty many were expecting. As always, incompetence is their strongest characteristic.
Bringing up every connected possibility is not always warranted or needed. We don't need to soil every attempt at optimism by bringing up every toxic alternative just because. Optimism is hard enough to hold onto already. We should be mindful of needlessly weakening that.
That's the thing with (human made) art - even something that's arguably "the same" is still a product of another person's effort and viewpoint, and will embody their personal approach to the same task as much as the original does of its artist. It's a personal story of effort and care, unique to any that attempt it.
For example, music covers. I keep an eye on the youtube channel of Triple J, a radio station that regularly has visiting musical guests perform covers of songs of their choice, and the different approaches to taking on another artist's music is so interesting. Some do more direct imitations that mirror the original, while others take radically different approaches that bring entirely new meaning. It's all great stuff.
Along with what others have said, a user in another thread pointed out that with a new financial year, they can repeat their performance with their July bill, basically doing whatever they want, so they probably consider it a win all around.
My first thought as well. Of companies to lose to further "investor" shittery, I can't say I'll lose much sleep over EA if that turns out to be the case.
People put far too much faith the idea that we as a society know most, or even all there is to know. Humanity has advanced far and increasingly faster in recent years, but we still know basically nothing in terms of the grand scale of things to discover and know.
Even now, our methods of discovering things like new species are far less advanced than people like this probably imagine - it basically boils down to time, persistence, and luck.