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I have had many interactions with high ranking fire department folks over building design and left those meetings absolutely baffled at how uninformed they were on actual building safety

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People somewhat reasonably assume that the rules governing our built environments are built on careful assessment of the best available science and rigorous analysis of tradeoffs but in reality it's like 85% vibes.

And sometimes the vibes are miasma theory

John Lansing@pipedreaming.bsky.social

Let’s take a look at how early plumbing in Victorian apartment buildings in Scotland were designed based on disproven medical pseudoscience. 🧵

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