DanArmak comments on Rationality Quotes Thread November 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 11 November 2015 08:10:27PM 6 points [-]

It's good that most people don't have such arrogance, because it would be unjustified. Don't strive for confidence, strive for calibration. And demand it from your system architect as you would from your heart surgeon.

Comment author: lmm 26 November 2015 11:27:39AM 0 points [-]

I think there's an underlying truth that most software engineers are too timid, perhaps because we're calibrated for working with materials where mistakes are more costly and harder to put right.