[HN Gopher] Errors are constructed, not discovered
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       Errors are constructed, not discovered
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-04-13 11:58 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | blueflow wrote:
       | This story makes me see a pattern in this author's writing: While
       | looking at the world, they see that something is off, that
       | something is not as one would to be expected, accurately points
       | it out the dissonance, and then draws really weird conclusions
       | that do not seem conclusive to me.
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       | Yes, errors are not objective, but they aren't constructed,
       | either. Our expectations are constructed (docs and standards
       | likewise), and the mismatch to it (the error) is something
       | objective that can be discovered.
       | 
       | Really odd framing...
        
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