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But if the percentage is actually small then it doesn't happen a lot. Looking at the literal number of occurrences instead of the percentage just gives you a bi

But if the percentage is actually small then it doesn't happen a lot. Looking at the literal number of occurrences instead of the percentage just gives you a biased impression, because any number of assaults > 0 can seem like a lot.

hjrje828jjdj 7y ago
3,000+ occurrences of sexual assault in the context of daily use of a so called civilized society’s modern features is a lot. We’re not talking about babies dying of birth defects. This is pointless numerical contextualizing which ignores humans are not machines. Does it make much logical sense to dismiss that we’ve evolved over thousands of years to take these emotional positions seriously? Dismiss the problem plainly if that’s what your preference is. No need to box it up with your preferred style of equivocation. You could simply not post if your intent is to just nudge someone else to not care anyway. “Pst hey I did some math. Nbd.” Duh. Lookit me use numbers to show how dumb people are being.
tzs 7y ago
For comparison, it looks like the probability of a random passenger on a 737 MAX dying in an MCAS related accident was about 10 times the probability that a random passenger would report a sexual assault on their Uber ride.
- samcheng 7y ago
  They grounded the 737 MAXes because that probability of death was too high. If the probability of assault in an Uber is within an order of magnitude, that suggests to me that it is reasonable to expect some additional scrutiny / regulation.
  - nwah1 7y ago
    Maybe there should be government cameras in all the vehicles, and other sensors that can detect what is going on and provide it all directly to the NSA.
    - samcheng 7y ago
      That seems a bit obscene! I'm sure there are much smaller / fairer measures that shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.

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But if the percentage is actually small then it doesn't happen a lot. Looking at the literal number of occurrences instead of the percentage just gives you a bi

by tuesdayrain 7y ago

hjrje828jjdj 7y ago
3,000+ occurrences of sexual assault in the context of daily use of a so called civilized society’s modern features is a lot. We’re not talking about babies dying of birth defects. This is pointless numerical contextualizing which ignores humans are not machines. Does it make much logical sense to dismiss that we’ve evolved over thousands of years to take these emotional positions seriously? Dismiss the problem plainly if that’s what your preference is. No need to box it up with your preferred style of equivocation. You could simply not post if your intent is to just nudge someone else to not care anyway. “Pst hey I did some math. Nbd.” Duh. Lookit me use numbers to show how dumb people are being.
tzs 7y ago
For comparison, it looks like the probability of a random passenger on a 737 MAX dying in an MCAS related accident was about 10 times the probability that a random passenger would report a sexual assault on their Uber ride.
- samcheng 7y ago
  They grounded the 737 MAXes because that probability of death was too high. If the probability of assault in an Uber is within an order of magnitude, that suggests to me that it is reasonable to expect some additional scrutiny / regulation.
  - nwah1 7y ago
    Maybe there should be government cameras in all the vehicles, and other sensors that can detect what is going on and provide it all directly to the NSA.
    - samcheng 7y ago
      That seems a bit obscene! I'm sure there are much smaller / fairer measures that shouldn't be dismissed out of hand.