Geoffrey Ellis wrote:
Hmmm...not sure I get the distinction. Can you elaborate?
One good example is: "I've looked back there 1,000 times and never found anything wrong." But on the 1,001st time, something
was wrong. Sometimes we get so used to doing something a certain way that we think we could do it in our sleep. This can also cause someone to miss a critical recent revision to procedure or overlook a step after returning from a break. Granted, these aren't terribly pertinent to flutemaking, but complacency is never a good thing. William's friend who climbed radio towers was probably wise to quit when he realized he was no longer scared; at that point, complacency could have kicked in at any time.
In these cases, we might not need to carry tools, but we still use valuable tools: our eyes, ears, hands, brains, and knowledge bases.