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Old 9th June 2010 | 02:33
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barit1
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As a young design engineer, I received a bit of wisdom from an older/wiser guy - No matter how you try to make a device fool-proof, sooner or later an even bigger fool will come along and **** it up for you.

He and I pondered the wisdom of what we deemed his original thought. I have since discovered that Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) beat him to it:

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."

That said, I offer a few recent accidents that may be related to this phenomenon.

That said, I've made a like inquiry here.
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