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by yankeeracer73 5671 days ago
I think this is one of the primary religious debates between Airbus and Boeing pilots - Airbus is a much more highly computerized experience inside the cockpit vs. Boeing which is still a more mechanical/tactile experience. For some fascinating background, see the NOAA on the recent AirFrance crash. They cover this issue specifically and essentially concluded that the pilots were likely overwhelmed with the number of error messages and warnings coming at them from the plane's computers and it became paralysis by analysis which they ultimately couldn't recover from.
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Paralysis by analysis is one of the most common ways more intelligent opponents are beaten by less intelligent ones. From what I understand, this seems to hold true in chess, warfare, and a lot of other contexts. This might be good for us to remember in the coming years.