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lmmtoday at 9:29 AM1 replyview on HN

> In that: if it fails, it is only considered evidence that you were not doing it enough.

> The solution can never be at fault, it's your execution, or your devotion to the process (in this case) that was faulty.

This isn't some religious premise, it's the lesson of bitter experience. It's like how when two trains crash into each other the inspectors start by looking for which one went through a danger signal, rather than questioning whether signalling systems work.


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UnreachableCodetoday at 9:52 AM

Isn't this type of reasoning okay to an extent until you (or in more humbling cases, someone else) points out it's no longer working?

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