It was simple human error, the single most common cause of computer errors.

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The root cause of these errors is a focus on the dumbest idea in the world: maximizing shareholder value.

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According to briefing documents available on the FDA's Web site, sound-alike and look-alike names are a common cause of medicine errors--when patients receive the wrong drug or the wrong dose.

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He dreams of a day, a decade or more away, when doctors will routinely and rapidly churn out the individual maps of thousands of patients, spotting the genetic errors that cause an array of dysfunctions or diseases.

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But the mis-steps of the Clinton era are a cautionary lesson for Obama and his successors, because they demonstrate that when it comes to space programs, a few errors can cause billions of dollars in damage and many years of delays.

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Alarmingly, medical errors are the third leading cause of death in this country.

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Yes, the low downforce wing made it easier to make such errors but was not in itself the cause of the poor lap time.

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