It is always easy to claim something a ‘self-evident truth’ (Heinrich p. 12) in safety, when this is just nonsense speak. This is the stuff of myth (https://safetyrisk.net/deconstructing-the-myth-of-heinrich/). Safety makes many claims like Heinrich does and they are simply not true and are not … [Read more...] about What is Evidence?
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The Safety Belief System
Beliefs in Safety are assumed not discussed. Beliefs like zero are projected but not up for question under the assumption that zero is the only acceptable target (https://www.icmm.com/en-gb/stories/2022/zero-harm-only-acceptable-target). No-one questions the assumptions behind such statements or … [Read more...] about The Safety Belief System
Don’t Let Evidence Get in the Way of Safety
Don’t Let Evidence Get in the Way of Safety When it comes to faith-belief, evidence rarely works. This is the primary discovery of Festinger et. al. in their study of Cognitive Dissonance. You can download When Prophecy Fails here The idea that people will make a ‘paradigm shift’ (Kuhn - The … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Evidence Get in the Way of Safety
Can you handle the truth
Can you handle the truth? Latest article from the Safety Differently Blog by Kelvin Genn - Another Author who gets it!!!! Raises the question of why the huge focus on gun safety in the US when children are many times more likely to drown in a home swimming pool? Extract: Safety today has … [Read more...] about Can you handle the truth