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Why 'Feeling Right' Is Dangerous: Power of Objective Reasoning in Engineering

1 pointsby sidwyn7 months ago

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eternityforest7 months ago
The other side of the issue is that the much-praised &quot;first principles thinking&quot; breaks down fast as soon as someone thinks they understand something they don&#x27;t.<p>I like to consider human reasoning a point of failure like anything else, and plan to avoid single points of failure.<p>Don&#x27;t tell my why you&#x27;re right, tell me why you think the plan would still be safe even if you are wrong.<p>Don&#x27;t tell me your attachment is secure, tell me there&#x27;s a safety cable. Don&#x27;t tell me what encryption you use, show that your actuators physically can&#x27;t trap someone even if hacked.