[LEAPSECS] Robust vs brittle design

[Tony Finch]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2011, Rob Seaman wrote:

> Ian Batten wrote:

>

> > Knife-edge systems which rely on the correct application of high-grade

> > skills may suit people with "The Right Stuff", but real-world

> > engineering has to function when the operators are merely average, or

> > tired, or distracted.

>

> There was a recent Risk's Digest contribution related to this:

>

> 	http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/26.31.html#subj16


Getting further off-topic:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawande?printable=true

Tony.
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