Are Machines Perfect?
It was in the mid-sixties when a number of planes vanished from Radar over the West-Indies, commonly referred to as the Bermuda Triangle. This would suggest a combatant to tracking technologies. Most airplanes made their destination, the ones that vanished however, were never found. It leaves one to question the cause and effects to a Radar that can be fogged into failure.
In the 1970's Ford put out a vehicle called the 'Vega'. It was such a success that the designers at Ford decided to build a similar automobile in design, called the 'Pinto'. The difference was that the 'Vega' had its' engine in the front hood, while the 'Pinto's' engine was under a rear hood. Many 'Pinto's' that were rear-ended blew up. 'Vega's' that tailgated into accident did not explode. There are still many Automobiles (including Porsche) that have rear engines, similar to that of the 'Pinto'. There are rarely any Automobile models with this design that have a concern as, and as severe as, the 'Pinto'. This was a problem in Ford's Production plants moreso than in design.
Today, practically every Automobile Manufacturer uses Robotic Technology on their assembly lines. This essentially standardizes every vehicle to upkeep standards. The Auto Workers themselves, while not as consistant as a Robotic Machine, are used in practically every assembly line, as a thinking, breathing person can troubleshoot and fix any Robotic mistake. Could you imagine every Chevrolet Corvette of a particular year being recalled because of a command programmed within a Robotic Assembly line. This is the reason we have people working with these machines. Likewise, a machine will never be able to operate outside the parameters of the designers programming. In other words, a Robotic machine DOES NOT DREAM. A person is viable in Auto Production Plants for this reason.
It was in 2006, in Toronto Canada that a 16 year old by the surname Kim was walking about in his neighbourhood. He mistakenly looked right, and seeing a green light walked left into oncoming traffic. He was killed instantaeneously. To those that would say Kim lacked the necessities to function effectively in a city, or even in his neighbourhood, all that can say is this;
In early 2006 (just prior to his death) Baseball Canada had Kim scouted and ranked the #1 under 18 Prospect in the City of Toronto, and in the top 10 in all of Canada. Being scouted this high leaves one to question very simply, what do we make of anomolies?
Conclusion
A level of tolerance towards anomolies is a very important concept. At no point will quantization be 100% achievable. To be intolerant of not knowing everything will eventually either fog our Radar, or cause disorientation or dimensia to the masses. The reasoning is that in panic mode (being in a terrorized state), a person does not make the rational decisions that one needs to make to feel secure. A machine does not feel guilt. Does a Suicide bomber feel guilt?
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The Pinto blew up because it had a sub-standard fuel tank that often ruptured when the vehicle was hit from the rear.It was a piece of crap in other ways too. The only American car with a rear engine was the Corvair, and I believe it was made by Chevy. That was actually a petty good vehicle.
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