> If you can't swim, this is a self-evidently bad idea. Except it's not really. You'd generally trust these things to be safe and in reality they kind of are.

> If you can't swim, this is a self-evidently bad idea. Except it's not really. You'd generally trust these things to be safe and in reality they kind of are. Now much more than then, but even back then the risk was low enough for most people to take, I assume. The same thing (albeit with a lower risk) is true of planes today.