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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
— Douglas Adams · Mostly Harmless
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An editorial interpretation.
Here's a joke about the limits of planning. When people try to build something that can't fail, they forget how inventive the careless can be at finding ways to break it. Foolproof designs, the quote hints, keep getting outsmarted by creative mistakes.
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