robluxus

I think too much experience can also cause this. I see this from time to time when we design new systems or products: everyone is optimistic about the idea but the more senior people you have in the room there's more chance someone paints vivid pictures of how everything could fall horribly into pieces if we meet this one corner case that they saw in a slightly related project 2 decades and 5 companies ago.

Do you have other examples? FWIW I find 5-why's useful for personal introspection, but never found it very efficient in professional settings.

Could we apply the rule of three for the larger context here? Something along the lines of: "if I haven't seen a book with unequal typos distribution yet, what are the odds this current one will be an instance where editors got lazier in the second half?"