Predicting and Preventing the Unwanted
Examples and expansion of the content of this Chapter
The Scape Goat From Wikipedia: A scapegoat is a person or animal which takes on the sins of others, or is unfairly blamed for problems. The concept comes originally from Leviticus, in which a goat is designated to be cast into the desert…
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In Chapter 1, I reiterated Haddon’s point that there is a need to base our science on an understanding of processes rather than description of the phenomenon of interest. Here is what Haddon said in the introduction to his famous…
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On page 12 in Chapter 1, I have quoted part of Gibson’s observation on the term “accident”. The full quotation may be of interest: it is one of the supports for the idea that the term is not a useful…
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On page 4 in Chapter 1, I commented on the propensity for pre-scientific societies to hold supernatural forces responsible for phenomena for which no obvious cause exists. Very recently, the i newspaper in the United Kingdom carried a report of the…
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