I am no saint nor angel, I can agree if my evil rating is 3,000,000 /1,000,000,000 i.e. 0.3%.Burning ghost wrote:Spectrum -
This is a poor attempt at humility. I now class you as possessing an "evil" rating of 3,000,000.It is not easy for most to view things in new or different perspectives.
If it is too tough, I will adopt your recommendation to use a scale of 1-100 and I will divide it into 10 major bands and define them appropriately.
Like with rain we can say "drizzle", "spitting", or "down pour". We would never say "7% rain", "10% rain" or "90% rain". We use adjectives to describe the extent and force of the rain. If we were to use empirical measurement most people simply wouldn't quite understand what it meant (ie. 3 inches of rain in 3 hours), With other natural phenomenon such as hurricanes or earthquakes we use a particular scale that is guided by actual empirical force and damage effect. The empirical measure is taken exponentially to tie into the scale model so it is easier to understand.
Note the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale;
As I said it is not a norm, but if I were to say 'X was a 60% hurricane' a person that is familiar with the scale will know is I refer to a Category-3 hurricane.The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based on a hurricane's sustained wind speed.
Category 1:
74-95 mph
64-82 kt
119-153 km/h
Very dangerous winds will produce some damage: Well-constructed frame homes could have damage to roof, shingles, vinyl siding and gutters. Large branches of trees will snap and shallowly rooted trees may be toppled. Extensive damage to power lines and poles likely will result in power outages that could last a few to several days.
Category 2 -5 [details like above in different degrees provided]
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php
As for 'evil' if I were to explain clearly I am sure people will understand evilness %. If is not the norm then I can start something like evilness-% so that it will be a normative when there is a critical mass using it.
If I say some one is 10% evil in contrast to another who is 90% evil, I believe they will get the general idea and if they need precision then we can go into the details.
My intent is to use the existing implied scales used in various Laws to come up with a universal scale for humanity.We could most certainly come to some vague agreement about a scale of evil. The scale would not be based on hard empirical data. We already have this model represented in LAW. Laws differ from country to country, but we have a reasonably obvious pattern that agrees on crimes such as murder and theft (albeit similar in democratic countries than in authoritian countries).
Note I defined the worst possible evil as the extermination of the human species via nukes or otherwise then I defined the least and petty evils. These two extremes will enable one to adjust in all other evils in between. This is why I need a 100 point scale.The most "evil" crimes would be those considered worthy of life imprisonment (with ZERO chance of release) and execution. Simply killing a person cannot be considered as an outright evil act, there are numerous circumstances where killing is actually "legal", in war or if protecting your family and such.
Then there is theft. If someone's family is starving to death then they tried to steal an loaf of bread to feed them I would not regard this act as evil at all, desperate yes, but not evil.
It is obvious that I will provide to mitigate the relevant points in the scale in certain justifiable circumstances.
Say if I rate killing another human at 75%, I can add various mitigating adjustments where there are justifications. If it is crime of passion, we may reduce it by 50%, thus the net point will be 37.5% instead of 75%. So this will be a two-column computation, one for the basic evil and another to adjust for mitigation or increase where necessary.
Note as I had stated, the most critical step in solving a problem is to break it down into smaller units and quantify the critical variables and make it a easy to apply guide.To create a scale set up a level playing field or an imagined group of people of equal standing. From there you can build a general scale. Making one that has 100 parts is utterly futile, other than simply as an exercise to condense it down to a more manageable number, like 10 or 20, in order to show you've put a great deal of effort into exploring the obvious pitfalls of introducing such a self-made system of measure.
These numbers are merely useful objective guides and we will provide subjective judgments for various circumstances.
For example, Irma was rated in various categories but it has so many other different features that differentiate it from other category 4+ hurricanes.
I will work towards a 100 point scale for evilness with band of 10 and I will provide sufficient details to ensure it is rational to enable most people to understand it easily.