Re:Toyota to halt operations at all Japan assembly plants du...
by rusk on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @04:13AM
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I’ve heard this thinking described as a fallacy somewhere - in economics I think - nobody has total knowledge of any complex system. So it is not valid to say any kind of complex computer system only does what manifests in its commands is the result of the interactions of many people, analogous to thermal noise jiggling a grain of sand in suspension.
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Re:Toyota to halt operations at all Japan assembly plants du...
by calewis on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @09:36AM
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Parkinsons law of triviality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality
Re:Toyota to halt operations at all Japan assembly plants du...
by rusk on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:02AM
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I think you are referring to “bikeshedding” which isn’t quite what I had in mind.
I think what I’m describing is more closely related to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy
See also “Complete Information” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_information
The idea that all agents in a system should be aware of the consequences of all actions is itself fallacious in this thinking.
As such, the “glitch” can legitimately arise from the interaction of agents who do not have complete information.