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This is a really useful mindset as a programmer, but backfires in real-life as it makes you an anxious person.

• eru 2y ago
  I guess you need to compartmentalise into different kinds of 'trust'. The not 'trusting' you do with a computer is different from the trusting you do with fellow humans in daily life. They just happen to use the same word in English.
  • blitzar 2y ago
    I trust the computer far more than the fellow humans. The computer will generally give a predictable output for a given input. "fellow humans in daily life" .... not so much.
    • eru 2y ago
      I hope you never have to cross a street, or get anywhere near a car with a human behind the wheel.
      • blitzar 2y ago
        Its terrifying; sometimes when I am crossing the street people accelerate, sometimes they slow down, sometimes they stop at red lights, sometimes they drive through them.
        • Zambyte 2y ago
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mnG_Gbxf_w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mnG_Gbxf_w
          • blitzar 2y ago
            If it is a tesla computer you can be certain it wont stop.
      • will1am 2y ago
        That's why I don't have a driver's license
        • eru 2y ago
          Yes, but alas other people do.
    • will1am 2y ago
      Human variability and unpredictability can also be a source of creativity. But I understand you completely
• Zambyte 2y ago
  Funnily enough, I program in real life and have also been anxious lately.
• mistermann 2y ago
  > but backfires in real-life as it makes you an anxious person. If I was to point out this is an approximation, or a tautology (it is only true to the degree that it is true, which is not (necessarily[1]) 100% of the time), would it make you anxious? And if so, do you think it wouldn't be possible for you to learn [1] a new approach so it does not make you anxious?
• will1am 2y ago
  While achieving absolute certainty in code correctness is often impossible