Pythagoras' Trousers

Challenging the Establishment & the Bleachgate  Scandal
This week, we talk to Piers Bizony about Normalisation of Deviance, a term used to describe the situation where individuals repeatedly accept a lower standard of performance until that standard becomes the norm. He gives examples of things going wrong when managers ignore the warnings of the engineers. Inventor and forensic scientist, Bessie Blount Griffin is profiled in Back to Black and Cardiff University civil engineer, Olivia Blok is our STEM Ambassador of the Week. We’re also joined by our youngest guest yet – 15 year old Rhys Morgan who tells us about the Bleachgate Scandal, the story of how we was banned from a support forum for trying to stop people drink a dangerous substance

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