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I want you to guess how many traffic accidents are caused by accidentally reversing when you intended to go forward. Test your mental model against the real wo

• Mawr 1y ago
  Those are caused by operating the same lever in a slightly different manner. Not comparable to two completely differently designed levers placed far apart. Same goes for accidental acceleration instead of braking. Two of the same kind of lever right next to each other. Accidental acceleration while intending to turn on the wipers would be a fitting example, I don't think that happens though.
  • interestica 1y ago
    You’re just overlaying your mental model. Think of the action as a stored function. Maybe they’ve always recalled the function as part of a certain list. It can be a case where the lists get confused rather than the modality of input (lever etc)
    • vachina 1y ago
      Then that would be pilot error, and an aggravating error.
• bravesoul2 1y ago
  Driving isn't trained to anywhere near the same standard. Probably more training required to bake a cake than drive a car (hours wise). If we had your typical driver fly a plane we'd be doomed to a lot of crashes.
  • account42 1y ago
    I have baked cakes without ever been trained for it.