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Not the GP, but for me the answer is "cars." And child services coming after me for being neglectful. And rattlesnakes. But mostly cars. Even with statistics a
by topkai22 6y ago
Not the GP, but for me the answer is "cars." And child services coming after me for being neglectful. And rattlesnakes. But mostly cars.
Even with statistics about danger being down across the board, in still pretty worried about my kids getting hit by an automobile. The raw statistics are even one area where danger is rising- fatality numbers are back over the mid 90s.
- colejohnson66 6y ago^ this. You can show someone who’s afraid of flying that it’s the safest form of travel all you want, but you’re not going to convince them. Anxiety usually isn’t rational, so rational means of convincing don’t work.
- phdelightful 6y agoI disagree, I think the main purpose of reason is to overcome negative irrational behavior. Doesn't mean it's easy or automatic though :)
- topkai22 6y agoAny chance you'd like to take a stab at convincing me I shouldn't worry about my (young) kids getting hit by cars? I feel like it's an unfortunately rational anxiety.
- colejohnson66 6y agoI didn’t say you shouldn’t worry. I said that ignoring evidence showing a downwards trend is irrational and used airplanes as an example. I haven’t looked at the stats about children getting hit by cars. Please don’t read words from me that aren’t there.
- topkai22 6y agoSorry, just hoping you had evidence I didn't!
- colejohnson66 6y agoNo worries! I read your reply as antagonistic and went from there. My mistake.
- heavyset_go 6y agoTo add to the "cars" problem: these days there are many more people on the road who are incentivized to drive as a fast as possible to do their jobs. Amazon, UPS, FedEx etc delivery drivers are pushed to the brink to deliver as many packages as they can within a certain time frame, and there are thousands of untrained taxi drivers running around for Uber and Lyft and playing with their phones.