Comment by ilyt

>Because humans, even some of the most humble, will still assert things they THINK are true, but are patently untrue, based on misunderstandings, faulty memories, confused reasoning, and a plethora of others.

> I can't count the number of times I've had conversations with extremely well-experience, smart techies who just spout off the most ignorant stuff.

Spouting out the most ignorant stuff is one of the lowest risk things you can do in general. We're talking about running a code where bug can do a ton of damage, financial or otherwise, not water-cooler conversations.