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namuol ◴[14 Oct 24 21:24 UTC] No.41842187[source]▶

I always come back to this saying:

“Debugging is the art of figuring out which of your assumptions are wrong.”

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As long as "your assumptions" includes "I know what I am doing", then OK.

But most people tend not to include that in the "your assumptions" list, and frequently it is the source of the bug.

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recursive ◴[14 Oct 24 22:31 UTC] No.41842840[source]▶

What if you never believed that in the first place?

Then, to be consistent, you should not trust either your deductions or even your choice of axioms.

In other words, it looks like a form of solipsism.

1. recursive ◴[15 Oct 24 08:23 UTC] No.41846257[source]▶

I trust things to varying degrees until I test them. Then I trust them more or less.

Gettiers in software engineering (2019)