[SystemSafety] Fault, Failure and Reliability Again (short)

[C. Michael Holloway]

On 3/4/15 7:14 AM, Peter Bernard Ladkin wrote:
> Although I do find reconciling concepts a less odd activity than 
> responding to suggestions that the field in which some of the 
> scientists I most respect have worked for four decades actually 
> doesn't exist!
I don't think anyone has claimed that the field doesn't exist.  Some 
have claimed that the work conducted in the field has not yet borne any 
healthy fruit. Some, myself included, doubt it ever will.

No one should be surprised if those claims and doubts turn out to be 
accurate.  Even a casual look at the history of science will show that 
it is not all that uncommon for respected scientists to work for decades 
in areas that turn out to be (at best) fruitless.


-- 
/*cMh*/


The words in this message are mine alone; neither blame nor credit NASA 
for them.
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