[higgmeister]

Back in the 1980's I worked with a guy who hired on with NEC (Nippon Electric Company), to be a switchman troubleshooting their long distance telephone switches.   They flew him to Japan for their training school on the NEC Switch.   He told us later that the Japanese, because of the need to always save face, would troubleshoot bugs in a totally opposite way from us.

We first looked for the simplest mistake or fail point and worked up toward the most unlikely cause.   The Japanese were compelled to first look for the most unlikely cause because the simplest problem like checking to see if the power was on or off would be an insult to the person who had been responsible for turning on the power.

[fidelis]

We first looked for the simplest mistake or fail point and worked up toward the most unlikely cause. The Japanese were compelled to first look for the most unlikely cause because the simplest problem like checking to see if the power was on or off would be an insult to the person who had been responsible for turning on the power.

Apparently they are unfamiliar with Occam's razor.