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“There was a time when nobody trusted either aircraft nor elevators. Today people have pure unquestioned faith in both. Existential faith in fact, they test the

“There was a time when nobody trusted either aircraft nor elevators. Today people have pure unquestioned faith in both. Existential faith in fact, they test their faith with their lives. You may chuckle and laugh but that's simply because you are ignorant of the systems that keep you alive and safe” https://kemendo.com/Faith.html https://kemendo.com/Faith.html

dsf2g 8mo ago
" Today people have pure unquestioned faith in both" Not true at all. We accept the risks to obtain benefits but we also know having an accident in the air or in elevators is highly unlikely given what we know; so therefore its perfectly rational behaviour.
- AndrewKemendo 8mo ago
  Nonsense that would assume that your average person has any concept of the relative statistics and has a sense of making decisions based on statistics People make decisions based on what other people around them are doing this is well known in safety engineering in architecture and civil engineering which is why you have standards for egress doors because left of their own devices humans will follow crowds to their own death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_collapses_and_crushes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_collapses_and_crushes https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080512172901.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080512172901.h...
  - dsf2g 8mo ago
    One does not need to know of relative statistics to know that a) you dont see planes randomly dropping out of the sky on a regular basis b) people enjoy flying to hot destinations and are willing to accept the small chance the flight may not be risk-free - people are aware of this when they experience some level of turbulence when flying. Finally, Ive seen plenty of your posts on here. You write with a particular tone. Who are you? A nobody who's spent a lot of time posting crap on here.
    - AndrewKemendo 8mo ago
      I’m curious if you can actually describe the tone
    - dtj1123 8mo ago
      Attacking the person rather than their argument only serves to make your argument look weaker.
      - Muhammad523 8mo ago
        I agree. This looks rather childish.
plagiarist 8mo ago
Elevators are suspended in a way that holds brakes open, if all of the multiply-redundant cabling snaps, the breaks activate. There's an airbag equivalent at the bottom of the shaft, too. I don't really have a point I just think the typical elevator braking failsafe is so genius in its simplicity that I got excited to share.

dsf2g 8mo ago

" Today people have pure unquestioned faith in both" Not true at all. We accept the risks to obtain benefits but we also know having an accident in the air or in elevators is highly unlikely given what we know; so therefore its perfectly rational behaviour.

AndrewKemendo 8mo ago
Nonsense that would assume that your average person has any concept of the relative statistics and has a sense of making decisions based on statistics People make decisions based on what other people around them are doing this is well known in safety engineering in architecture and civil engineering which is why you have standards for egress doors because left of their own devices humans will follow crowds to their own death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_collapses_and_crushes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_collapses_and_crushes https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080512172901.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080512172901.h...
- dsf2g 8mo ago
  One does not need to know of relative statistics to know that a) you dont see planes randomly dropping out of the sky on a regular basis b) people enjoy flying to hot destinations and are willing to accept the small chance the flight may not be risk-free - people are aware of this when they experience some level of turbulence when flying. Finally, Ive seen plenty of your posts on here. You write with a particular tone. Who are you? A nobody who's spent a lot of time posting crap on here.
  - AndrewKemendo 8mo ago
    I’m curious if you can actually describe the tone
  - dtj1123 8mo ago
    Attacking the person rather than their argument only serves to make your argument look weaker.
    - Muhammad523 8mo ago
      I agree. This looks rather childish.

plagiarist 8mo ago

Elevators are suspended in a way that holds brakes open, if all of the multiply-redundant cabling snaps, the breaks activate. There's an airbag equivalent at the bottom of the shaft, too. I don't really have a point I just think the typical elevator braking failsafe is so genius in its simplicity that I got excited to share.