The satire in this novel cautions us against investing in the reliability of these people, as characters or even as vectors of reliable events.
"We're interested in the reliability of nuclear weapons," Dr. Bartelt said.
Most important, it would restore faith in the reliability of medical justice.
"But given that both versions of the Taepodong-2 have failed now," he said, "we have very little confidence in the reliability of the system".
Mark Thoma on the way breakdowns in the reliability of information make it hard, if not impossible, for markets to function the way they're supposed to.
Experts in the reliability of complex systems said the Columbia disaster, the blackout and even the inadequate preparedness for terror attacks perfectly illustrate the enormous difficulty in minimizing chances of low-probability, high-cost catastrophes.
Thomas Thomson, a weapons designer at Livermore, said that under the current program, "I think you just accept the fact that you're going to have a decline" in the reliability of the stockpile.
"In addition to the obvious domestic political implications of essentially inviting interference in our election, they will further undermine European confidence in the reliability of the US as an ally – particularly in the face of Russian adventurism," he said.
This follows evidence of deterioration in the reliability of results, which some blame on poorly trained markers employed by the exam boards.
Increased confidence in the reliability of American weapons, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said in a speech in February, would make elimination of "redundant" nuclear weapons possible.
That does not inspire confidence in the reliability of their results.There are other incidences in which assumptions are made, but not justified.
