Reliability quotes
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Friedrich_Ludwig_Bauer
Software Engineering Definition
“(Software engineering is the) establishment and use of sound engineering principles to obtain economically software that is reliable and works on real machines efficiently.”
- Source: [Bauer; 1972]. A paper entitled Software Engineering. Written by Friedrich Ludwig Bauer. Published 1972 in Information Processing 71: Proceedings of Ifip Congress 1971, volume 1. ISBN: 9780720420630.
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Edsger_Wybe_Dijkstra
Simplicity and Reliability
“Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.”
- Source: Dijkstra (1975). How do we tell truths that might hurt? (numbered EWD498, written 1975). Retrieved 2022 from http://www.cs.utexas.edu
/users /EWD /transcriptions /EWD04xx /EWD498.html.
- Keywords: Simplicity_quotes Prerequisite_quotes Reliability_quotes
Byron_K_Jennings
Science is a Construction
“Science is the construction of parsimonious, internally consistent models that can reliably predict future observations.”
- Source: Byron K. Jennings. As quoted in Mark Buchanan, 'Thesis: Madness in the Method', Nature Physics (1 Feb 2009), 5, No. 2, 83.
- Keywords: Science_quotes Construction_quotes Consistency_quotes Model_quotes Reliability_quotes Prediction_quotes Future_quotes Observation_quotes Parsimonious_quotes
Daniel_Kahneman
Repetition
“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.”
- Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow. 2011; ISBN 9780374275631.
- Keywords: Reliability_quotes People_quotes Belief_quotes Falsehood_quotes Frequency_quotes Repetition_quotes Familiar_quotes Easy_quotes Distinguish_quotes Truth_quotes Deception_quotes
Robert_K_Merton
Certified Knowledge
”The institutional goal of science is the extension of certified knowledge. The technical methods employed toward this end provide the relevant definition of knowledge: empirically confirmed and logically consistent predictions. The institutional imperatives (mores) derive from the goal and the methods. The entire structure of technical and moral norms implements the final objective. The technical norm of empirical evidence, adequate, valid and reliable, is a prerequisite for sustained true prediction; the technical norm of logical consistency, a prerequisite for systematic and valid prediction. The mores of science possess a methodologic rationale, but they are binding, not only because they are procedurally efficient, but because they are believed right and good. They are moral as well as technical prescriptions. Four sets of institutional imperatives – universalism, communism, disinterestedness, organized skepticism – comprise the ethos of modern science.”
- Source: Robert King Merton, Social Theory and Social Structure (1957), 552-3.
- Keywords: Institution_quotes Goal_quotes Science_quotes Extension_quotes Certified_quotes Knowledge_quotes Technology_quotes Methodology_quotes Employment_quotes End_quotes Relevance_quotes Definition_quotes Empirical_quotes Confirmation_quotes Logic_quotes Consistency_quotes Prediction_quotes Imperative_quotes Derive_quotes Structure_quotes Morality_quotes Norms_quotes Implementation_quotes Final_quotes Objectives_quotes Evidence_quotes Adequate_quotes Validity_quotes Reliability_quotes Prerequisite_quotes Sustain_quotes Truth_quotes System_quotes Rational_quotes Mores_quotes Bind_quotes Procedure_quotes Efficiency_quotes Belief_quotes Right_quotes Good_quotes Prescription_quotes Universalism_quotes Communism_quotes Disinterest_quotes Skeptical_quotes Composition_quotes Ethos_quotes Modern_quotes
Steven_Pinker
Computational Theory of Mind
“The computational theory of mind is not the same thing as the despised ‘computer metaphor.’ As many critics have pointed out, computers are serial, doing one thing at a time; brains are parallel, doing millions of things at once. Computers are fast; brains are slow. Computer parts are reliable; brain parts are noisy. Computers have a limited number of connections; brains have trillions. Computers are assembled according to a blueprint; brains must assemble themselves.”
- Source: Steven Pinker (1997). How the Mind Works. New York, NY: W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-06973-0; eISBN 978-0-393-06973-0. Chapter 1 Section Reverse-Engineering the Psyche.
- Keywords: Computation_quotes Theory_quotes Mind_quotes Despise_quotes Computer_quotes Metaphor_quotes Criticism_quotes Point_quotes Serial_quotes Time_quotes Brain_quotes Parallel_quotes Fast_quotes Slow_quotes Reliability_quotes Part_quotes Noise_quotes Limitation_quotes Number_quotes Connection_quotes Assembly_quotes According_quotes Blueprint_quotes Million_quotes Trillion_quotes
Karl_Popper
No Conclusive Disproof
“No conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to say that the experimental results are not reliable.”
- Source: Popper, K. R. (2005). The Logic of Scientific Discovery | 1935 (1935/Epub ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. Chap. 2
- Keywords: Conclusive_quotes Disproof_quotes Proof_quotes Theory_quotes Production_quotes Possibility_quotes Experiment_quotes Result_quotes Reliability_quotes
Carl_Sagan
Religious Prophecy
“Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? ... No other human institution comes close.”
- Source: Carl Sagan. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, 1996.
- Keywords: Thinking_quotes Religion_quotes Attempt_quotes Validation_quotes Prediction_quotes Prophecy_quotes People_quotes Reliance_quotes Vagueness_quotes Unfulfilled_quotes Support_quotes Prop_quotes Belief_quotes Accuracy_quotes Reliability_quotes Science_quotes Humanity_quotes Institution_quotes Closeness_quotes
Shoshana_Zuboff
Panopticon Coaching
“To be sure, some managers saw the enhanced certainty of their information about subordinates as an opportunity to accelerate learning and improve performance. They found that the data from the Overview System made it possible to survey a wide range of behavior for evidence of irregularities. To the extent that the sources of such irregularities could be discovered, the data could be used to 'coach' subordinates and to help them realign their behavior within acceptable standards... On the other hand, many of Cedar Bluff's managers were more interested in the possibility of obtaining foolproof data than in the opportunity of using such data for coaching. In the context of a conventional technology, managers had to rely on their subordinates for valid information. The quality of the data they received was likely to be a function of the quality of the reciprocal relationship they had established. In contrast, an informating technology could provide valid information under any conditions.”
- Source: Zuboff, S. (1988). In The Age Of The Smart Machine: The Future Of Work And Power. New York, NY: Basic Books, p. 324. ISBN:0465032125.
- Keywords: Panopticon_quotes Management_quotes Certainty_quotes Information_quotes Subordinate_quotes Opportunity_quotes Learning_quotes Improvement_quotes Performance_quotes Data_quotes Surveillance_quotes Behavior_quotes Evidence_quotes Irregularity_quotes Discovery_quotes Coaching_quotes Alignment_quotes Acceptability_quotes Standards_quotes Possibility_quotes Foolproof_quotes Convention_quotes Technology_quotes Reliance_quotes Dependency_quotes Validity_quotes Quality_quotes Reciprocal_quotes Relationship_quotes Condition_quotes Reliability_quotes Enhance_quotes Accelerate_quotes Overview_quotes System_quotes Survey_quotes Wide_quotes Range_quotes Source_quotes Help_quotes Realign_quotes Acceptable_quotes Manager_quotes Interest_quotes Context_quotes Conventional_quotes Rely_quotes Valid_quotes Information_quotes Quality_quotes Receive_quotes Function_quotes Relationship_quotes Establish_quotes Contrast_quotes Informate_quotes
