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How to Sink a $3B Dollar Submarine: Leave a Hatch Open

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Re: How to Sink a $3B Dollar Submarine: Leave a Hatch Open

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

Unfair to single them out. Submarines sink regularly, often due to human error. Grounding, collisions, even arson. Periscope hatches left open, oxygen ports closed.

Ever drive off and leave your trunk lid open? Forget a kid at the mall? Not call your Mom on Mothers' Day? Then you understand how easy it is for human error to occur.

Re: How to Sink a $3B Dollar Submarine: Leave a Hatch Open

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Post by lostlogin »

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #3

Unfair to single them out. Submarines sink regularly, often due to human error. Grounding, collisions, even arson. Periscope hatches left open, oxygen ports closed. Ever drive off and leave your trunk lid open? Forget a kid at the mall? Not call your Mom on Mothers' Day? Then you understand how easy it is for human error to occur.

When it’s a nuclear submarine and cost nearly $3 billion, you aren’t allowed to make mistakes of this magnitude. It really is that simple.

Re: How to Sink a $3B Dollar Submarine: Leave a Hatch Open

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Post by mistrial9 »

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #3

Unfair to single them out. Submarines sink regularly, often due to human error. Grounding, collisions, even arson. Periscope hatches left open, oxygen ports closed. Ever drive off and leave your trunk lid open? Forget a kid at the mall? Not call your Mom on Mothers' Day? Then you understand how easy it is for human error to occur.

flagrent apologist

Re: How to Sink a $3B Dollar Submarine: Leave a Hatch Open

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Post by rsaesha »

lostlogin wrote: post #4
JoeAltmaier wrote: post #3

Unfair to single them out. Submarines sink regularly, often due to human error. Grounding, collisions, even arson. Periscope hatches left open, oxygen ports closed. Ever drive off and leave your trunk lid open? Forget a kid at the mall? Not call your Mom on Mothers' Day? Then you understand how easy it is for human error to occur.

When it’s a nuclear submarine and cost nearly $3 billion, you aren’t allowed to make mistakes of this magnitude. It really is that simple.

If a $3 bi product relies on not allowing people to make mistakes then their owner isn't allowed to complain when it inevitably fails.

Re: How to Sink a $3B Dollar Submarine: Leave a Hatch Open

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Post by inetsee »

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #3

Unfair to single them out. Submarines sink regularly, often due to human error. Grounding, collisions, even arson. Periscope hatches left open, oxygen ports closed. Ever drive off and leave your trunk lid open? Forget a kid at the mall? Not call your Mom on Mothers' Day? Then you understand how easy it is for human error to occur.

Yes, people do make mistakes; often. Airline pilots have long checklists of things they have to do before taking off, and more checklists for dealing with problems that inevitably crop up.

A doctor named Atul Gawande wrote a book named The Checklist Manifesto https://www.amazon.com/Checklist-Manifesto-How-Things-Right/...

Early in his career he did some research that showed that a simple pre-surgery checklist could reduce serious complications by more than a third. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/dr-atul-gawande-surgical...

Re: How to Sink a $3B Dollar Submarine: Leave a Hatch Open

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Post by alpaca128 »

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #3

Unfair to single them out. Submarines sink regularly, often due to human error. Grounding, collisions, even arson. Periscope hatches left open, oxygen ports closed. Ever drive off and leave your trunk lid open? Forget a kid at the mall? Not call your Mom on Mothers' Day? Then you understand how easy it is for human error to occur.

Sure, but that's why modern cars have sensors and warnings when you accidentally leave a door open or don't use the seatbelt.

If leaving a hatch open causes one year of repairs and it contains a nuclear reactor maybe some automated sensors or checklists would be quite sensible.

Re: How to Sink a $3B Dollar Submarine: Leave a Hatch Open

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

mistrial9 wrote: post #5
JoeAltmaier wrote: post #3

Unfair to single them out. Submarines sink regularly, often due to human error. Grounding, collisions, even arson. Periscope hatches left open, oxygen ports closed. Ever drive off and leave your trunk lid open? Forget a kid at the mall? Not call your Mom on Mothers' Day? Then you understand how easy it is for human error to occur.

flagrent apologist

For humans, sure. Because we're all human. Hyperbole about perfect people is, what? Flagrant fantasy?
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