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How Do We Know?

October 30, 2025 by Rob Sams 27 Comments

How Do We Know? We cannot know about things we do not have a belief in. It makes no sense to say, “I know the earth is spherical, but I don’t believe it”. Yet it is important to note that believing something does not guarantee that the belief is right. (Dew and Foreman 2014) This quote from How … [Read more...] about How Do We Know?

Filed Under: Construction Safety, Rob Sams, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: beliefs, Induction, world view

Building Belief and Networks of Belief in Safety

April 23, 2025 by Prof. Robert Long Leave a Comment

You can pretty much believe anything you want these days. No evidence is needed to believe in the divinity of Donald Trump when you are in the MAGA cult . The MAGA cult is no different than any other cult. And, the outcomes will be much the same (Understanding Cults and Religions). Beliefs and … [Read more...] about Building Belief and Networks of Belief in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: beliefs, cult

Culture Cloud tour part 5; Values Attitudes and Beliefs

September 2, 2024 by Matt Thorne 1 Comment

These are helped from by the central Ontology or World View at the centre of the cloud. Attitudes values and beliefs have their own trajectory and we need to know where this takes us. This can also be shaken by the very Turbulence of the Cloud and Stressors. This can manifest for example with a … [Read more...] about Culture Cloud tour part 5; Values Attitudes and Beliefs

Filed Under: Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: attitudes, beliefs, culture cloud, values

The Shape of Belief in Safety

August 20, 2022 by Prof. Robert Long Leave a Comment

There is no such thing as non-belief in safety because even non-belief is a belief. Agnosticism is a belief. What we believe determines our actions, movement and decisions. Belief shapes assumptions and assumptions motivate action. More so, even beliefs not known to us that are unconscious shape … [Read more...] about The Shape of Belief in Safety

Filed Under: Covid-19, Robert Long, Zero Harm Tagged With: beliefs

Videos on Zero, Grab Your Bucket

April 16, 2021 by Prof. Robert Long 2 Comments

Videos on Zero, Grab Your Bucket No, not a bucket of popcorn but an empty bucket in case you vomit. There are 24 videos on the site, all premised on statements of faith/belief, all ‘framed’ by the first two animated logo videos ‘We believe’. Yep, you have it, the Trinitarian logo of zero is framed … [Read more...] about Videos on Zero, Grab Your Bucket

Filed Under: Robert Long, Vision Zero Tagged With: beliefs, vision zero

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