Warnings, Warnings Everywhere

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

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🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

After a disaster happens, we want to know whether something could have been done to avoid it. Did anyone see this coming? Many times, the answer is yes. So why didn't the warnings lead to action? This week, we revisit a favorite 2018 episode about the psychology of warnings. We visit a smelly Alaskan tunnel, hear about a gory (and fictional) murder plot, and even listen to some ABBA.

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0:00.0	T-15 seconds.
0:03.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedantan.
0:07.0	On January 28, 1986, the Challenger spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
0:16.0	One and liftoff, liftoff saw the 25th space shuttle mission and it has cleared the tower.
0:26.0	It's after liftoff into a clear blue sky, something went wrong.
0:30.0	Like a troller's here looking very carefully at the situation.
0:34.0	Obviously a major malfunction.
0:36.0	It was much more than a malfunction.
0:38.0	It was a disaster.
0:40.0	As millions of people watched in horror, trails of smoke and debris flew off in different directions.
0:46.0	We have a report from the flight dynamics officer that the vehicle has exploded.
0:50.0	What appears to be a major catastrophe in America's space program,
0:55.0	Challenger only seconds after leaving the launch pad, according to NASA, has exploded in mid-air.
1:08.0	After the explosion, NASA officials were hauled to Capitol Hill and put to questioning.
1:13.0	Who finally made that decision to go?
1:15.0	What was the chain? How did that link?
1:17.0	What happened then specifically?
1:19.0	Members of Congress asked the tough questions.
1:22.0	How could this have happened? Who's to blame? Were they warning signs that were ignored?
1:27.0	These are the kinds of questions we have when any catastrophe occurs,
1:31.0	whether a spacecraft has exploded or a city's been attacked by terrorists.
1:36.0	In all these cases, we want to know who screwed up?
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