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No. It reflects what we are worried about dying from. Instead of <likelihood of thing being in the news> = f(<probability of dying from thing>) It's more lik
by rotrux 7y ago
No. It reflects what we are worried about dying from.
Instead of
<likelihood of thing being in the news> = f(<probability of dying from thing>)
It's more like:
<likelihood of thing being in the news> = f(<probability of dying from thing>) * g(<scariness of dying from thing>)
- megaremote 7y agoBut our worries are influenced by what we see on the news.
- rotrux 7y agoYep. Capitalism-induced feedback loop. That said, more people are going to pay attention to a newscast about terrorism than one about, say, how the yellow dye used in legal pads is poisonous. If you think about it, I'm actually more likely to accidentally ingest a legal pad.