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There is a good rule of thumb[1]: "It has never happened yet" is an insufficient safety argument when considering scenarios which are so bad that it would be un
by vilhelm_s 13y ago
There is a good rule of thumb[1]: "It has never happened yet" is an insufficient safety argument when considering scenarios which are so bad that it would be unacceptable for them to happen even once. When talking about existential risks that certainly applies!
[1] I think I read it in Trevor Kletz' book "What Went Wrong?: Case Histories of Process Plant Disasters".