Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b...
by mschuster91 on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @08:19AM
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> Unless you just call everything a process: "His childhood was difficult and that's why he fouls people. Let's call his childhood a process."
Well... attempting to prevent stuff like bullying or domestic violence is a worthwhile goal in itself.
For the example of the soccer player, one might also question other incentives (e.g. bonuses tied to winning games no-matter-what), or why a player with a known history was hired in the first place.
Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b...
by robertlagrant on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @10:33AM
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> Well... attempting to prevent stuff like bullying or domestic violence is a worthwhile goal in itself.
Obviously a worthwhile goal, but not a process failure on the part of the football team.
Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b...
by mlrtime on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @08:21AM
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A foul is a statistic that is easily countable. If goals are greater than fouls then it may make sense to keep that footballer anyway.
I hope we aren't using football as an analogy for avionic engineering with 1000's of people.
Re:Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates b...
by sokoloff on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @09:56AM
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> If I as a professional footballer repeatedly foul people, which process is at fault when no one else around me does that?
The process that hasn't cut you from the football team.
Unless you just call everything a process: "His childhood was difficult and that's why he fouls people. Let's call his childhood a process."
I think at some point you have to say that some things are not processes, or cannot usefully described as such. Or they devolve into Zeno's paradox.