More people do X makes X more done.

why does it fail so horribly for X = protecting a secret? or does it?

(I'm not 3, by the way...)

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[–] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

More people do X makes X more done

This is a general trend, but like in the case you noted, doesn't always hold.

Another example: if one woman can have one baby in nine months, how long does it take nine women to have one baby?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago*

    A lot comes down to technique:

    When "protecting a secret" do the people doing the protecting actually know the secret? Do they even know they're doing secret protection? Secret protection works best when the secret is known by nobody.

    These 9 women, are they just getting pregnant, or are they plotting a kidnapping?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    My project manager says nine women would have a baby in 2 weeks

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    That type of thinking is required to be a project manager, I think.

    "Well, officer, I provided the contractor with one 5 gallon bucket of paint yesterday, and he got two rooms done. But today, when I unloaded ten 5 gallon buckets of paint onto his Honda Civic, he got upset instead of painting twenty rooms like I expected!"

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