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Re: There is still a vast amount of work to be done...
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Originally Posted by Billfred
...Until they figure out how to fix (or at least curb) human stupidity*, all the engineers in the world (and all the ones to come) won't be able to fix it.
*The only way I can think to do this is to require folks to re-take their road test every five or ten years, when they renew their license. That leads to a whole slate of other issues, but at least we'd have to brush up on how to do it the right way every now and again.
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I've often heard it said that you can't engineer a fool-proof solution, because some fool will always find a work-around.
Safety will remain an aspirational goal. No product or activity will ever be 100% safe, but every one of them could be safer than it is now.
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 since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)
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