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The problem with lots of people in water is that leads to drownings. "There is a clear connection between heat and drowning. That's when people want to go in o

The problem with lots of people in water is that leads to drownings. "There is a clear connection between heat and drowning. That's when people want to go in or near the water, and the risks of drowning increase," FSL's Executive Director Kristiina Heinonen told Yle in July: https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/drowning_deaths_reach_10-year_high_this_summer/12051825 https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/drowning_deaths_reach_10-...

stavros 5y ago
Well yes, and the problem with lots of people out of the water is that it leads to traffic accidents. Is there a name for this fallacy that proclaims things risky by comparing them to a theoretical situation where everyone is immortal?
- cutemonster 5y ago
  There's a difference in that deadly heat can make people who cannot swim, start panic crowding in the water in tens of thousands of people large groups? Sounds to me like a mostly not seen before thing > Is there a name "False analogy" is what comes to my mind, maybe there's something better
  - stavros 5y ago
    > start panic crowding in the water in tens of thousands of people large groups? I guess it depends on where you are, I live on the Mediterranean, where, if you panic in the water, you're just standing in calm water. I imagine the ocean is much scarier. > maybe there's something better I think we do need something better, I see it too often for it to not have an exact name.
    - cutemonster 5y ago
      > I guess it depends on where you are Yes, in my case I was imagining a wide river close to a many millions people city, and people from the slums (no AC) go there to cool down, and more and more people arrive all the time to the river, pushing those already there outwards, deeper water, people cannot swim At rock concerts 10 000 people can create dangerous pressure, I wonder if a deadly heat wave and the chance to cool down at a specific place can do that too Or maybe people would spread out along the water, but at the same time, it might be hard for an individual person with occluded vision to know what makes sense to do Sometimes people rush out from a building in panic, everyone gets stuck in the door opening

stavros 5y ago

Well yes, and the problem with lots of people out of the water is that it leads to traffic accidents. Is there a name for this fallacy that proclaims things risky by comparing them to a theoretical situation where everyone is immortal?

cutemonster 5y ago
There's a difference in that deadly heat can make people who cannot swim, start panic crowding in the water in tens of thousands of people large groups? Sounds to me like a mostly not seen before thing > Is there a name "False analogy" is what comes to my mind, maybe there's something better
- stavros 5y ago
  > start panic crowding in the water in tens of thousands of people large groups? I guess it depends on where you are, I live on the Mediterranean, where, if you panic in the water, you're just standing in calm water. I imagine the ocean is much scarier. > maybe there's something better I think we do need something better, I see it too often for it to not have an exact name.
  - cutemonster 5y ago
    > I guess it depends on where you are Yes, in my case I was imagining a wide river close to a many millions people city, and people from the slums (no AC) go there to cool down, and more and more people arrive all the time to the river, pushing those already there outwards, deeper water, people cannot swim At rock concerts 10 000 people can create dangerous pressure, I wonder if a deadly heat wave and the chance to cool down at a specific place can do that too Or maybe people would spread out along the water, but at the same time, it might be hard for an individual person with occluded vision to know what makes sense to do Sometimes people rush out from a building in panic, everyone gets stuck in the door opening