I think the plausibility might differ between different kinds of systems. For example: What if you replace car with computer operating system, and add that it has been hardened for a billion years by an optimization process and as one result is full of error-correcting/self-repair mechanisms? Does that change how plausible it is that observed issues mostly have external causes rather than the system breaking under its own normal operation?
Obviously the human body has a bunch of self-repair and homeostasis mechanisms a car does not, but even given that, I suspect the root cause of your car issues is probably usually outside the car. Do you change your oil on time? How do you use the brakes? What climate are you driving in? How low do you let the fuel tank get before refueling? I would guess the majority of car issues come down to user behavior and environment.
You can never stop the inevitable decline from wear and tear over the years. Not so different from a human being. But during the expected useful life of the machine, I think the root causes will be mostly outside the car, and you’ll be making the exact same mistake as I pointed out in my post if you behave otherwise.
How is this any more plausible than saying “the root cause of your car issues is always outside of the car”?
I think the plausibility might differ between different kinds of systems. For example: What if you replace car with computer operating system, and add that it has been hardened for a billion years by an optimization process and as one result is full of error-correcting/self-repair mechanisms? Does that change how plausible it is that observed issues mostly have external causes rather than the system breaking under its own normal operation?
Obviously the human body has a bunch of self-repair and homeostasis mechanisms a car does not, but even given that, I suspect the root cause of your car issues is probably usually outside the car. Do you change your oil on time? How do you use the brakes? What climate are you driving in? How low do you let the fuel tank get before refueling? I would guess the majority of car issues come down to user behavior and environment.
You can never stop the inevitable decline from wear and tear over the years. Not so different from a human being. But during the expected useful life of the machine, I think the root causes will be mostly outside the car, and you’ll be making the exact same mistake as I pointed out in my post if you behave otherwise.