You have it backwards. I'm saying that the standard operating procedures and the normal "computer operator" like way of performing a landing or go-around cause

You have it backwards. I'm saying that the standard operating procedures and the normal "computer operator" like way of performing a landing or go-around caused perfectly qualified pilots to botch what should have been a simple go-around that either of them likely could have pulled off drunk and blindfolded. I think if they had kicked everything off and flown it rawdog from the instant they were told to go around everyone would be alive but they remained too dedicated to doing things "by the book" until it was too late and they had been too confused by the system behavior and didn't have the situational awareness to fly it manually. Sure, the stress of the situation, the poor communication, etc, aren't ideal and surely contributed to lining up the dominoes here but the final straw was the go-around process.