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I have a rule, if you mention Therac 25 then you lose. It's a cliche. If it was an example of a common problem then it wouldn't have to be mentioned every sing

• Flimm 10y ago
  Hmm, just because it's mentioned frequently doesn't necessarily mean that it should be dismissed or deserve an automatic "you lose". It doesn't necessarily mean that other instances of the same problem aren't common or couldn't happen again, but it could mean that that particular instance is the most famous. Your so-called "rule" is a faulty mental shortcut.
• RaleyField 10y ago
  > then you lose You disengage and don't necessarily convince anyone of anything (i.e. "win"). > If it was an example of a common problem It is arguably common enough problem for reasonable definitions of common in its context. Hackable cars across the industry shows that people still haven't learned their lessons. The fact that people haven't died as often in these situations shouldn't have a bearing on arguments against closed systems if flaws are only potentially fatal.