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> it's easy to dehumanize when you're walking by and afraid of who is the 1-in-100 that's dangerous I don't blame people for keeping their distance. "only 1 in
by bluefirebrand 4y ago
> it's easy to dehumanize when you're walking by and afraid of who is the 1-in-100 that's dangerous
I don't blame people for keeping their distance. "only 1 in 100 is dangerous" is very cold comfort when you encounter hundreds every week.
- savant_penguin 4y agoEven if you only meet 7/day or 50 in a week that's 1-0.99^50 ≈ 0.4 Forty percent chance of a dangerous encounter/week is too much imho
- AussieWog93 4y agoThat maths equates meeting someone who is dangerous with putting yourself in danger. You probably walk past rapists, pedophiles and murderers all the time without putting yourself at any serious risk.
- Zircom 4y agoYeah but those people are functional members of society and act relatively rational when compared to untreated severely mentally ill homeless people. Even if you happen to walk by a rapist/murderer/pedo, they're not likely to do anything in broad daylight on a public sidewalk to random passerbys with tons of other people around. The same cannot be said for some homeless.