Failure is not the reason of blow up. Fragility is. That is pretty simple for those who are familiar: Mathematical Definition, Mapping, and Detection of (Anti)

Failure is not the reason of blow up. Fragility is. That is pretty simple for those who are familiar: Mathematical Definition, Mapping, and Detection of (Anti)Fragility Nassim N. Taleb, Raphael Douady http://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.1189v1.pdf http://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.1189v1.pdf