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I can't even phantom how many travelers make trips without making it on this list by mistake. Millions of success events vs. 1 human error has no conclusions e
by powertower 13y ago
I can't even phantom how many travelers make trips without making it on this list by mistake.
Millions of success events vs. 1 human error has no conclusions except that the system works.
- rosser 13y agoAre you seriously asserting there's only ever been one such "error"?
- shangxiao 13y agoI think you mean "fathom" I doubt you'd measure success exclusively by the number of false positives but you'd also need to factor in the impact of a false positive. For eg: There was an x-ray machine [1] with a software bug that would accidentally deliver a dose 100 times the intended dose. I'm sure the machine operated correctly thousands of times however there were "at least 6 accidents" and 3 deaths (worst case scenario). One would not say that this system works. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25