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Sounds like 'normalisation of deviance': when something is dangerous but has previously been done without incident, so it becomes standard procedure. NASA has s
by flashman 10y ago
Sounds like 'normalisation of deviance': when something is dangerous but has previously been done without incident, so it becomes standard procedure. NASA has some guidelines on eliminating it from your practices and systems: https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/safety-messages/safetymessage-normalizationofdeviance-2014-11-03b.pdf?sfvrsn=4 https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/safety-messages/saf...
- peejaybee 10y agoI'm not sure I would go that far. Some considered Slotin's methods dangerous: 'Enrico Fermi himself had warned Slotin that he would be “dead within a year” if he continued'.