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A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
If Maxwell’s theory of electricity and magnetism were incorrect, electric generators as currently designed would not produce electricity and electric wall switches would not turn on lights. Every time we flick a light switch we are confirming scientific understanding of electricity. When scientific understanding is wrong, engineers cannot use it to construct devices that work.
The Engine of Complexity
John Hollenbeck and John Mayfield
Bugs can go undetected for a long time, and when the exception handling code is finally needed, there’s a good chance that it won’t work (one of my favorite sayings: “code that hasn’t been executed doesn’t work”).
A Philosophy of Software Design
John Ousterhout
Evolution can be insanely effective when you leave it alone for a few billion years.
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
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