2. Individual fallibility: structural limits
To understand our fallibility, we need to start by understanding how our senses and our brain work. Considered the most complex organization of matter in the Universe, the human brain is a fascinating organ that we know only incompletely. It is made up of some 100 billion neurons, forming a dynamic network of trillions of connections.
Interconnected neuronal structures support functions such as perception, attention, concentration and memory, all of which integrate with each other, and whose limits, if not identified and taken into account, can cause error.
2.1 Perception
Our information processing begins with the acquisition of stimuli by our senses, which are then managed subconsciously by our perceptual memory. Among these stimuli,...
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Bibliography
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Standards and norms
- Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements and guidelines for use - ISO 45001:2018 - 2018
Regulations
Article 121-3 of the French Penal Code.
Websites
Larousse dictionary https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/erreur/30846
The Bayesian brain https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/stanislas-dehaene/course-2012-02-21-09h30.htm
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