image 1: Both Mr. A’s and Mr. B’s software have a common function X 2: This looks good to share! Think about it 3: After actually sharing, you realize that what you thought was “common function X” was “very similar functions and “.

The reality of XA is complex, yet humans summarize it as “X”. Details are discarded when summarizing. As a result, it is misidentified as “identical” to a different XB. - No wonder Cognitive Resolution is down.

The most appropriate description of reality is source code written in a programming language, but we try to express it in a natural language that is ambiguous, polysemic, and subject to shifting interpretations.

  • It’s only natural that noise would be present here.

relevance - Common Interface Trap - collaboration


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