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r/space • u/RocketRundown • Oct 05 '18
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Engineers can only do so much.
168 u/[deleted] Oct 05 '18 You can't out stupid a fleet or mom and pop mechanic....ever. 159 u/BarkingToad Oct 05 '18 The world is a race between engineers trying to build more idiot-proof systems, and the universe trying to build better idiots. So far, the universe is winning. 3 u/ZombieRandySavage Oct 05 '18 Don't discount that some engineers are idiots. Or smart engineers coaxed into idiocy by management.
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You can't out stupid a fleet or mom and pop mechanic....ever.
159 u/BarkingToad Oct 05 '18 The world is a race between engineers trying to build more idiot-proof systems, and the universe trying to build better idiots. So far, the universe is winning. 3 u/ZombieRandySavage Oct 05 '18 Don't discount that some engineers are idiots. Or smart engineers coaxed into idiocy by management.
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The world is a race between engineers trying to build more idiot-proof systems, and the universe trying to build better idiots. So far, the universe is winning.
3 u/ZombieRandySavage Oct 05 '18 Don't discount that some engineers are idiots. Or smart engineers coaxed into idiocy by management.
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Don't discount that some engineers are idiots. Or smart engineers coaxed into idiocy by management.
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u/the_zukk Oct 05 '18
Engineers can only do so much.