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Snake Oil Going Cheap Again in Safety

August 16, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 6 Comments

Snake Oil Going Cheap Again in Safety I saw a promotion today by one of the associations marketing the ‘quantitative measurement of safety mindfulness’. Are people that dumb that they buy this stuff? Surely not. This is one quote from the promotion ‘… x considers a quantitative approach to the … [Read more...] about Snake Oil Going Cheap Again in Safety

Filed Under: Ethics, Robert Long Tagged With: mindfullness, snake oil

Social Psychology Applied to the Discernment of Risk

April 19, 2015 by Admin 7 Comments

Social Psychology Applied to the Discernment of Risk During April 2015, good mates and study buddies (and authors on this blog) Gab Carlton, Max Geyer, Rob Sams and James Ellis attended the Society of Australasian Social Psychologist (SASP) Conference held in Newcastle. While Rob Sams has provided … [Read more...] about Social Psychology Applied to the Discernment of Risk

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