human fallibility
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The women on Team USA are athletes, not wizards or magicians, bound by the same rules of physics, age, experience, human fallibility and questionable coaching as their male peers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
“People make mistakes, but human mistakes don’t always have to be lethal. In a well-designed system, safety measures make sure that human fallibility does not lead to human fatalities,” Buttigieg said Tuesday in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
What happened in Baldwin’s case was an instant of random timing intersecting with human fallibility.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021
The real danger is in human fallibility: If someone fails to designate tasks clearly, a piece of medical equipment may fail to get the thorough disinfecting and sanitizing it needs in a crisis.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2019
Our hope is that by a set of ten simple, straightforward laws, we can avoid the pitfalls of human fallibility.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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