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Fail safing (or pokayoke) carries with it an altered view of people and their performance:

a - humans are inherently variable and deserve to be protected from their own natural tendencies to vary

b - human mishaps are unnatural; publicizing this is the best way to eliminate them

c - the task of eliminating human mishaps is best divided up, with inspectors having the main job of detecting mishaps, and various experts designing solutions

d - with practice and repetition, human mishaps tend to be extinguished

I believe the answer is either c or d not sure

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