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by graycat 3200 days ago
The first version of GPS sounded crazy.

The H-bomb sounded crazy.

Nearly everything we have in our daily lives now sounded crazy 200 years ago.

But, with clear details on paper, both GPS and the H-bomb projects were high payoff, low risk and not crazy at all.

"Sounds crazy" is, uh, a crazy way to evaluate projects.