Sometimes I marvel at our human intellect’s ability to fail to grasp the obvious. Often this is most true when it is my intellect which is involved. In designing and maintaining mechanical marvels and ingenious engineering feats we often exceed the capacity of the material or design on purpose.
We do this so we can understand the limits which we must not go beyond. Once we have established what the limits are, it is not necessary to continue this “failing on purpose” approach. We have learned what we needed to and it is time to move on. The engineers know the limits and can design capabilities up to the proper operating limits.
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