Andrew Coppin wrote:
On 16/12/2011 07:05 PM, Bardur Arantsson wrote:
Michael Litchard wrote:
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If getting hit by a bus is a significant factor in the overall outcome of the project then I think those are pretty good odds, aren't they?
(I do realize that traffic accidents are a lot more frequent than we like to think, but still...)
The /actual/ probability of being hit by a bus is irrelevant. The only thing of concequence is the /percieved/ probability. This latter quantity is not related to the former in any meaningful way. In fact, due to an effect known as availability bias, the probability of any potential threat varies dependi ng on how long you spend thinking about it.
[snip blah blah blah] - Not to be rude, but... (*) That was the point of my post. If you're actually confronted with this perception that traffic accidents are relevant to project success, you're already in deep manure because there's so much more than code in a project. That's what you need to explain. Code is the "means" of getting us to an "end". It seems these people are worring about the "means" when the big problem is actually conveying the "ends". (Again, just my take on the situation, I'm not claiming canonicity or anything.) -- Bárður Árantsson (*) I realize that this is rude. I can only apologize.