Well if it is reliable, “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” is a good way of looking at it too. This is fair though!
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Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoIt also doesn’t necessarily mean more dependable. There definitely is a fallacy problem that many fall into where they believe old = reliable.
halezinflames@lemmus.org 1 month ago
ericwdhs@discuss.online 1 month ago
That’s true, but if you have a 20-year-old item that is still working and a different 5-year-old item that is still working and you know nothing else about them, the statistics do work out that the former will likely maintain its working condition longer. It’s obviously not a hard rule, but as a rule of thumb, it exists for a reason.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Survivorship bias. Garbage products from 20 years ago are long gone.
ericwdhs@discuss.online 5 weeks ago
I’m not sure if you’re meaning that as agreement or disagreement, but yes, that’s another way to phrase the same phenomenon.