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That a similar story with helmets in WW1. After they introduced helmets the amount of people with head wounds skyrocketed. So they wanted to remove helmets agai
by nickik 11y ago
That a similar story with helmets in WW1. After they introduced helmets the amount of people with head wounds skyrocketed. So they wanted to remove helmets again.
- Vaskivo 11y agoThere's a a theory that says the increased feeling of safety makes us act more recklessly.
- loco5niner 11y agoI think the point of the story is that wearing a helmet makes you more likely to be not-dead when shot in the head (thus increasing the number of head wounds).
- nickik 11y agoMostly getting a bunch of stones on your head, not bullets, but basically correct.
- snowfield 11y agoApparently the head injury rates in football went up greatly when they introduced helmets.
- Terr_ 11y agoDifferent scenario, though: Pilots in airplanes generally aren't headbutting into enemy bullets.