“safety isn’t a thing we can measure” says a guy who knows nothing about measuring risk and assumes it means no one in the world does either.
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BilboBargains@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I would imagine you can find safety flaws in anything because safety isn’t a thing we can measure.
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I take a lot of risks but never with yo mama. I always take my time with her.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
I’m sorry, idk why but this comment is so funny. Like I’m laughing irl but I can’t explain to anyone why.
azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
“Because safety isn’t a thing we can measure” reads exactly like a dril tweet.
… holy shit there’s a whole academic-level analysis of dril’s tweets. I am enchanted.)
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
You’re right, it absolutely does sound like dril! I’d forgotten about that account since I left Twitter
sirjash@feddit.de 6 months ago
Amazing that you survived until you were able to post this crap on the internet
Holyginz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That is the biggest load of bullshit I’ve heard in a while. Safety can ALWAYS be measured. Hell, that’s OSHA’s entire purpose!
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What are the units?
Dontsendfeetpics@lemm.ee 6 months ago
[deleted]BilboBargains@lemmy.world 6 months ago
An assessment is not a measurement and safety is not an SI unit, deal with it bro.
stembolts@programming.dev 6 months ago
I’m going to take a leap of faith and say you don’t work in aviation…
Step one… define safety in the context of the airplane.
Step two… measure it.
So yea. If safety is never defined it cannot be measured. But is the sentiment you are attempting to express is that measurable safety guidelines have not been defined for these massively complicated airplanes?
Maybe I am misunderstanding because at first glance this is one of the dumbest things I have ever read, please elaborate.
How do you think safety is verified?
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Safety cannot be measured because it’s a feeling. One person feels safe climbing a mountain without a rope and the next person is petrified. Safety is just word to describe a concept. It’s different to the wavelength of light or force or charge. These things are based on fundamental properties of the universe that can be measured and are repeatable.
A reasonable approximation might be to consider the likelihood of an adverse event given a use case over time. We could say that an accident every million hours is our definition of safe but that is completely arbitrary in the way that the physical laws and constants are not.