[tm11zz]

This is a really useful mindset as a programmer, but backfires in real-life as it makes you an anxious person.

[eru]

I guess you need to compartmentalise into different kinds of 'trust'. The not 'trusting' you do with a computer is different from the trusting you do with fellow humans in daily life. They just happen to use the same word in English.

[blitzar]

I trust the computer far more than the fellow humans. The computer will generally give a predictable output for a given input. "fellow humans in daily life" .... not so much.

[will1am]

Human variability and unpredictability can also be a source of creativity. But I understand you completely

[eru]

I hope you never have to cross a street, or get anywhere near a car with a human behind the wheel.

[blitzar]

Its terrifying; sometimes when I am crossing the street people accelerate, sometimes they slow down, sometimes they stop at red lights, sometimes they drive through them.

[Zambyte]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mnG_Gbxf_w

[blitzar]

If it is a tesla computer you can be certain it wont stop.

[will1am]

That's why I don't have a driver's license

[eru]

Yes, but alas other people do.

[mistermann]

> but backfires in real-life as it makes you an anxious person.

If I was to point out this is an approximation, or a tautology (it is only true to the degree that it is true, which is not (necessarily[1]) 100% of the time), would it make you anxious? And if so, do you think it wouldn't be possible for you to learn [1] a new approach so it does not make you anxious?

[will1am]

While achieving absolute certainty in code correctness is often impossible

[Zambyte]

Funnily enough, I program in real life and have also been anxious lately.