{"podcast":{"title":"Counter-Errorism in Diving: Applying Human Factors to Diving","slug":"counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048","podcast_index_feed_id":6626048,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/counter-errorism-thd2/","website_url":"https://www.thehumandiver.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f416e470-ed0a-401d-803f-a8be43fa1be9/37a5d-7a40-d272-a68c-cb85db61006a-podcast-master-3000-3000px.jpg","author":"Gareth Lock at The Human Diver","episode_count":308,"summary":"Human factors is a critical topic within the world of SCUBA diving, scientific diving, military diving, and commercial diving. This podcast is a mixture of interviews and 'shorts' which are audio versions of the weekly blog from The Human Diver. Each month we will look to have at least one interview and one case study discussion where we look at an event in detail and how human factors and non-technical skills contributed (or prevented) it from happening in the manner it did.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T16:23:32.975850+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048"},"episode":{"title":"SH308: We Know, and We Say Nothing","slug":"sh308-we-know-and-we-say-nothing","published_at":"2026-09-16T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/sh308-we-know-and-we-say-nothing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048","url":"https://www.thehumandiver.com/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c25f001f-960b-4f2d-b980-7fc5cba9284b.mp3","summary":"This episode explores why experienced divers still die in situations that seem predictable, using the tragic 2026 Maldives cave accident as a starting point. It looks at how outcome bias, the normalisation of deviance, nitrogen narcosis, group dynamics, and silent drift can gradually erode safety margins without divers realising it. Rather than focusing on individual mistakes, the discussion explains how everyday decisions, accepted norms, and human psychology combine to create risk over time. It also examines what divers, teams, and the wider diving community can do to recognise these patterns, challenge unsafe habits, encourage open communication, and build a culture that learns from accidents instead of simply accepting them as bad luck. Original blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/we-know-and-we-say-nothing Notes Concept formalised by Baron, J. & Hershey, J. C., \"Outcome bias in decision evaluation,\" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 54 (1988), p. 569-579. PDF available: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~baron/papers/outcomebias.pdf Vaughan, D., The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA , University of Chicago Press, 1996. Publisher page: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo22781921.html Lock, G., Under Pressure: Diving Deeper with Human Factors (2019); see also The Human Diver ( https://www.thehumandiver.com ) and the documentary If Only… ( https://www.thehumandiver.com/ifonly ). First systematic experimental demonstration: Behnke, A. R., Thomson, R. M. & Motley, E. P., \"The psychologic effects from breathing air at 4 atmospheres pressure,\" American Journal of Physiology 112(3), 1935, p. 554-558. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1935.112.3.554 For an overview, see Nitrogen Narcosis In D…","meta_description":"This episode explores why experienced divers still die in situations that seem predictable, using the tragic 2026 Maldives cave accident as a starting poi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1075,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/episodes/sh308-we-know-and-we-say-nothing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/sh308-we-know-and-we-say-nothing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}