Tim_Tyler comments on Beyond the Reach of God - Less Wrong

66 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 October 2008 03:42PM

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Comment author: Tim_Tyler 16 October 2008 02:31:00PM 0 points [-]

Some of your problems will be so complicated, that each trial will be undertaken by an organization as complex as a corporation or an entire nation.

Maybe - but test failures are typically not a sign that you need to bin the offending instance. Think of how programmers work. See some unit test failures? Hit undo a few times, until they go away again. Rarely do you need to recycle on the level of worms.