infallible

Yuval Noah Harariの "Nexus" を読んでいます。Part 1, Chapter 2 STORIES: UNLIMITED CONNECTIONS

As Stalin knew, it is possible to brand not only products but also individuals. A corrupt billionaire can be branded as the champion of the poor; a bungling imbecile can be branded as an infallible genius; and a guru who sexually abuses his followers can be branded as a chaste saint. People think they connect to the person, but in fact they connect to the story told about the person, and there is often a huge gulf between the two.

"infallible" とその反語の "fallible" はこの "Nexus" に頻繁に出てくるので "fallible" の意味を押さえておきます。

・Oxford English Dictionary: able to make mistakes or be wrong: Memory is selective and "fallible".
・Collins Dictionary: capable of being mistaken; erring: They are creatures of convenience, victims of their own fallible logic.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: A fallible object or system is likely not to work in a satisfactory way: This method is more fallible than most because it depends on careful and accurate timing.
・Vocabulary.com: As humans we are all fallible, because fallible means likely to make errors or fail. Nobody's perfect, after all.
Fall down on the job and you're fallible. It's a forgiving way to say you screwed up. If a scientific experiment's data is fallible, that means you can't trust the numbers. More than just locking your keys in the car, fallible can allude to a lack of moral strength. If in addition to locking your keys in the car, you kissed your best friend's husband, you might try using "I'm fallible" as your defense.

人だけではなく物とかシステムについても言えるのですね。