It is so attractive to develop simple binary models of human ‘being’ that are mythical/symbolic but NOT real. Eg. Human thinking is not fast and/or slow (https://safetyrisk.net/the-myth-of-fast-and-slow/). The implications of myth implies that people act on it. We witness this in any form of … [Read more...] about The Brain as Computer Myth
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The Myth of Fast and Slow Thinking
I was reading a book on numerics and statistics this morning and the author quoted Kahneman (as fact) as if humans make decisions in two speeds. According to Kahneman’s binary ‘theory’ humans only make decisions at two speeds – slow/rational/analytical and fast/automatic. This is a myth, there is … [Read more...] about The Myth of Fast and Slow Thinking
Implicit Knowledge and Safety
Implicit Knowledge and Safety Most human judgment and decision making is implicit (tacit). What Polanyi described as knowledge that was felt but couldn’t be described. His famous phrase is: ‘we know more than we can say’. You can read Polanyi here: … [Read more...] about Implicit Knowledge and Safety
ALARP/SFAIRP – One brain, three minds and satisficing
ALARP/SFAIRP – One brain, three minds and satisficing by Bernard Corden The following schematic may assist in explaining the objective and rational ALARP/SFAIRP approach and actual performance: ALARP/SFAIRP is an objective test but is unsurprisingly littered with enough subjective terminology … [Read more...] about ALARP/SFAIRP – One brain, three minds and satisficing
The Tension of Opposites and Binaries in Risk
The Tension of Opposites and Binaries in Risk We are all familiar with the symbol of the Ying/Yang - the meshing of black and white into each other signifying the merging of the two. We observe in the Ying/Yang that the white appears in the centre of the black and the black appears in the centre of … [Read more...] about The Tension of Opposites and Binaries in Risk
