Three strikes and your out

[PilotAlan]

Everyone has their preference. Since it's my neck on the line, I'll stay with the practices that kept me alive through many, many years of ugly, dangerous work.

That said, you'll notice that some, myself included, use a rule of threes (or in my case, rule of twos) to help identify when links in the chain may be welding together, to then slooooow down, reassess what's happening, and backstop yourself.
Two-pilot operations have the benefit of one being able to call BS on the other. Single pilot operations, there's no one to call out your blind spots.

When you start seeing unexpected problems (even small ones), that may something you're blind to poking around the edge of the blind spot. Take advantage of that warning to stop and really look at what you're doing, change your perspective, and make sure you're not lining yourself up for a bad outcome.

 

[Jaybird180]

Actually, you are not far off. The problem comes in when non-scientists latch on to science as the answer to everything with the same fervor as any religious fundamentalist. It is called Scientism and is a very common variety of bollocks. True scientists know that science only addresses a small portion of reality and many scientists hold quite esoteric beliefs.

Thank you for providing a word to encapsulate my thought.

 

[Everskyward]

Perhaps I should not have, but I did read Laurence Gonzales' book Deep Survival, with great interest.

Perhaps you read the last chapter, then, about his friend the aerobatic pilot who ends up dying of some sort of cancer? Also what his daughter Amelia has to say about risk?