Yes! I've been saying this forever -- debugging is a science. The best way to find and fix the toughest heisenbugs is to a) form a hypothesis as to what might

Yes! I've been saying this forever -- debugging is a science. The best way to find and fix the toughest heisenbugs is to a) form a hypothesis as to what might be happening, b) figure out what would falsify your hypothesis, c) run an experiment that must make the bug happen reliably iff your hypothesis is correct, and finally d) figure out the solution. Steps a-c are precisely the scientific method.