[simpleigh]

It is an option, but not always the best option.

I think it was one of the Mars landers where they disabled error detection for landing. If the system reset near the ground then the lander would crash before the controller had rebooted, whereas a small error might not have disrupted the landing at all.

Fail fast is good advice, but should be weighed against other strategies to choose the most appropriate one for the circumstance.