Nathan Radke

Hubris, that's the word.

And it's interesting, there's a more reasonable hypothesis that actually there was an out-of-control coal fire in one of the boiler rooms when the Titanic set sail.

And this is backed up by historical record.

That sort of fire wasn't unusual at the time.

And at the inquiry afterwards, it turned out, yes, there had been a boiler fire.

It had been raging for a few days before they set off.

Now, this may have contributed to the weakening of the hull in the area where the iceberg struck the ship.

We don't have direct evidence of this, but it's not unreasonable.

And at the very least, the fact that they sailed with this fire, it demonstrates a willingness to exchange a degree of safety for profit and reputation.

Yeah, absolutely.

And this one did.

There was one in the Titanic.

And there were inquiries after this incident, of course.

And the American inquiry concluded the speed of the Titanic was inappropriate for that area and time of year, time of night with no moon.

The British inquiry was less harsh, but agreed, you know, it would have been better to have shown more caution.

And the lesson here is we don't need conspiracy to explain these disasters.

We can just look to human error and overconfidence, which are more than able to cause disasters without needing sinister plots, shadowy groups, and hidden motives.

Yeah, and they're right out there in the open where we can all see them.

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