I don't think this is true as an unqualified statement. But I think it is true that many/most people who are making technical decisions without the proper techn

I don't think this is true as an unqualified statement. But I think it is true that many/most people who are making technical decisions without the proper technical understanding behave. The technical experts in all of the organizations involved were doing the right thing, raising alarms and recommending against flying the Shuttle under risky conditions. But the managers over them were not listening or overruling them, because the managers did not understand the actual impact of the technical decisions they were making until after the disaster occurred.