Human Factors in Simulation and Training, 2nd Edition

Preface

As we look toward the future, we find that it is neither totally random nor is it totally predictable. This is a truth that persists despite the years that have passed since the publication of the previous edition of this book. We maintain that, if the future were completely predictable, there would be no point looking forward because we would already know what was to come. If it were completely random, we would not bother because we could not know anything systematic about forthcoming events. That life lies between these two polar extremes gives us both the motivation to try to understand the future and the belief that we can do so, at least to a useful degree. Indeed, the triumphs of science encourage us to believe that we are making ...