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tm11zz | 1 year ago

This is a really useful mindset as a programmer, but backfires in real-life as it makes you an anxious person.

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eru|1 year ago

I guess you need to compartmentalise into different kinds of 'trust'. The not 'trusting' you do with a computer is different from the trusting you do with fellow humans in daily life. They just happen to use the same word in English.

blitzar|1 year ago

I trust the computer far more than the fellow humans. The computer will generally give a predictable output for a given input. "fellow humans in daily life" .... not so much.

mistermann|1 year ago

> but backfires in real-life as it makes you an anxious person.

If I was to point out this is an approximation, or a tautology (it is only true to the degree that it is true, which is not (necessarily[1]) 100% of the time), would it make you anxious? And if so, do you think it wouldn't be possible for you to learn [1] a new approach so it does not make you anxious?

will1am|1 year ago

While achieving absolute certainty in code correctness is often impossible

Zambyte|1 year ago

Funnily enough, I program in real life and have also been anxious lately.