Comment by smitty1e

What is the counter-example?

We recycle known good stuff to avoid getting bogged down and introducing fresh flaws.

The admonition to know what we're doing and act deliberately applies to so much in life, but flies in the face of Milton Friedman's point in "I, Pencil" => https://youtu.be/67tHtpac5ws?si=yhheE1Y5ELfjWXs-