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Re:Caltech Awards 10,000th PhD Degree by renewiltord on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:00PM (#25119531)
Presumably they multiplied the probability of this occurring with the damage caused and decided that it was lower than the benefit of the high-trust society.
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Re:Caltech Awards 10,000th PhD Degree by chrisseaton on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:02PM (#25119541)
I don’t understand - don’t they have legal obligations to protect? Saying ‘but we trusted’ won’t work in a court.
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Re:Caltech Awards 10,000th PhD Degree by renewiltord on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:20PM (#25119955)
Sure, but the court won't make them pay unbounded damages.
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