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Velvet_Pop t1_ja1jh43 wrote

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

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jagdpanzer45 t1_ja21lmb wrote

Reminds me of a remark from someone working with the US National Parks “the problem with designing a bear-proof trashcan is that there is significant overlap between a dumb tourist and a smart bear”

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"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams,

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CA1EBYT6 t1_ja1k9sr wrote

that’s kinda why it’s in quotation marks

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Sumpm t1_ja1n24c wrote

Your quote closely matched a quote. I am a robot. beeboo-beeboo

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Joe4o2 t1_ja25fw6 wrote

I grew up hearing a slight variation of this: “whenever we try to make something idiot-proof, someone comes along and makes a better idiot.”

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Batman_AoD t1_ja3aurz wrote

Adams also wrote a Hitchhiker short story, "Young Zaphod Plays it Safe", that is essentially about a particular person being treated as an extremely dangerous biological weapon because of his personality and behavior.

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