Science!

Dr. Saleh said: "In engineering, the reliability of a component or process is defined as the probability that it is still operational at a given time. The time it takes for a component or process to fail is referred to as its time-to-failure and this shows similarities to the time-to-violent-death of Roman emperors."

Dr. Saleh found that Roman emperors faced a high risk of violent death during their first year of reign, a pattern also seen when engineering components fail early, often as a result of a failure to function as intended or, in the case of an emperor, meet the demands of their role. The risk of death stabilised by the eighth year but increased again after 12 years of rule, a pattern similar to the failure of components because of fatigue, corrosion or wear-out. When data points were aligned on a graph, the failure rate of Roman emperors displayed a bathtub-like curve, a model widely seen with mechanical and electrical components.

6 thoughts on “Science!

  1. John D. Thullen

    Merry Christmas to you, cleek, and to Joel Hanes.

    Any word on the correlation between the death dive algorithm of the Boeing 737-MAX, even with Nancy Pelosi standing on the rudder pedals and Christianity Today flight attendants screaming and securing the drink tray in first class, and bringing the United States of America into something more felicitous than a nose-down one point landing?

    There will be a better year one day, but it doesn’t even rhyme with 2020.

    1. cleek Post author

      In the year 4545, people will look back on us and laugh. Literally, from their time travel TV machines.

      Merry Christmas, John.

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