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It isn't the number of deaths, rather, it is the imminance of the predicament. The desperation caused by the situation. Single astronaut dies during space walk,
by nurettin 8y ago
It isn't the number of deaths, rather, it is the imminance of the predicament. The desperation caused by the situation. Single astronaut dies during space walk, big news. Epidemic, famine, these are slow processes that don't immediately invoke the fear reflex or curiosity as much.
- chatmasta 8y agoYeah, I remember reading about this in PSYC 101. The idea is that scale of tragedy is proportional to people’s perception of how “avoidable” it was.