vi21maobk9vp comments on Diseased disciplines: the strange case of the inverted chart - Less Wrong

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Comment author: vi21maobk9vp 05 February 2012 02:36:21PM 0 points [-]

Well, you somewhat shift the impact. The result can hit stronger in the less sensitive point.

As I see it, the point is not "We are doing something wrong and innocent programs are dying!", more like "When we write programs, we'd better first acknowledge that we have no idea what we are doing and then try to get this idea".

Your statement can be read as if people know what they want to acomplish and then fail to accomplish it. This view is too optimistic, I think it is a good idea to remove such a misreading.