The sad story of the Mars Climate Orbiter reminds us all to use SI units.
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Disasters in science #8
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Disasters in science #7
Disasters in science #6
Agreement from your friends and having your own journal still aren’t quite the same thing as evidence…
… and they didn’t have the awesome @RealPeerReview back then.
Disasters in science #5
Disasters in science #4
Sometimes we are just fooling ourselves. Nothing good comes of that.
Disasters in science #3
Engineers have a moral obligation to take great care with safety-related issues. As Kipling says, “They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose. They do not teach that His Pity allows them to leave their job when they damn-well choose.”
Disasters in science #2
This “meme” is intended to underscore the fact that engineers have a moral obligation to take great care with safety-related issues. As Kipling says, “It is their care that the gear engages; it is their care that the switches lock.”
