the problem with resistors, and other components manufactured in batches, is Quantum Entanglement. AKA action at a distance.
Since these components were manufactured at the same time, installing one resistor backwards in one piece of equipment causes all other entangled resistors to be affected.
This effect is not affected by distance, and the entanglement occurs faster than the speed of light.
Another serious problem to deal with is if one of the entangled resistors is destroyed, this adversely affects other resistors in the same entangled group.
This is one of the reasons that very old stereo components begin to sound bad, it's because many of the entangled component groups manufactured have been destroyed, thus adversely affecting the components still in use.
Since these components were manufactured at the same time, installing one resistor backwards in one piece of equipment causes all other entangled resistors to be affected.
This effect is not affected by distance, and the entanglement occurs faster than the speed of light.
Another serious problem to deal with is if one of the entangled resistors is destroyed, this adversely affects other resistors in the same entangled group.
This is one of the reasons that very old stereo components begin to sound bad, it's because many of the entangled component groups manufactured have been destroyed, thus adversely affecting the components still in use.