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This is what the Foundation novels and Sagan were describing; assumptions versus validation.

No one at Google validates any of their results. They simply operate on a large data set within the constraints of the machine.

IMO this is the problem with the technology industry; the only correctness that matters is the services are online.

It’s similar to the stock market being completely decoupled from the real economy. Oh yes all those math operations were handled just so, but you drove the lemmings off a cliff.

I’ve adjusted my expectations to society accordingly; lemmings.




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