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Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1520/ https://xkcd.com/1520/

• eli_gottlieb 11y ago
  Kill List: War [ALMOST X] Famine [X] Pestilence [Almost X] Death [TODO]
  • baq 11y ago
    > War [ALMOST X] couldn't be farther from truth.
    • ItsDeathball 11y ago
      It kind of depends on your definition of "war" and how you attribute causes of death, but in general, deaths due to warfare have been declining since the development of nuclear weapons and globalization. http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jul/21/stu-burguiere/fewer-wars-fewer-people-dying-wars-now-quite-some/ http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jul/21/...
    • michaelkeenan 11y ago
      It'd be further from the truth if war deaths were increasing, or were decreasing at a slower rate. The war death rate is down to about 5% of its peak. http://ourworldindata.org/data/war-peace/war-and-peace-after-1945/ http://ourworldindata.org/data/war-peace/war-and-peace-after...
      • oldmanjay 11y ago
        I'm not super on board with the idea that the death rate is much of a worthwhile metric for determining how warlike we are as a people. It smells shockingly similar to counting lines of code.
• dang 11y ago
  We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10346287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10346287 and marked it off-topic.
  • martincmartin 11y ago
    Aww.
• throwaway2048 11y ago
  any time a post starts with "Relevant XKCD" you should reconsider posting it.