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Why the downvotes? That's a totally legit question. Unexpected events happen all the time. Yes, the probability of this single event happening is small, but the
by zupa-hu 9y ago
Why the downvotes? That's a totally legit question. Unexpected events happen all the time. Yes, the probability of this single event happening is small, but the sheer number of unexpected events that can happen around the world makes it likely that some of them will happen. I'd rather live in a place where asking these questions won't get you burned.
- burfog 9y agoWasn't me, but I can take a guess: 1. absurdly low probability 2. power plants are built to withstand airliner crashes having far more energy 3. it'll be insignificant debris, broken smaller than pieces of that space shuttle 4. the comment smells like nuclear fearmongering It may be wrongly assumed that everybody here is nerdy enough to know all these things.
- zupa-hu 9y agoInteresting, I didn't know power plants were built to withstand airplane crashes. If that's true, that would be a great answer. As for 1., sure, but still (probability x damage) makes it nevertheless reasonable to consider it, even if it is later dismissed. 4. - agree, and that's my problem. Sounds like [1]. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html