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I think the reason we're talking about the vans (at least the reason I am) is because it's directed radiation, not just an electric field that extends symmetric

• TeMPOraL 11y ago
  > IDK when the reference date for that xkcd chart is. From what I can tell it was last updated in 2011[0]. > But either way, why should we let someone subject us to even slightly just a tad potentially harmful in a directed manner? I'm not cool with that. We're talking about so very slightly very much just a tad harmfulness that if we were to be consistent about it we'd have to take issue with every single thing in our lives. This is beyond "I'll stay at home, external world is dangerous" levels of harm. So why are we suddenly singling out radiation, and not say risk of getting driven over by scan-vans? Or risk of accidentally angering a cop and getting shot to death, as it happens in the US from time to time? In my opinion, we're privileging the radiation issue way, way too much. [0] - http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/04/26/radiation-chart-update/ http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/04/26/radiation-chart-update/