> (The nonprofit National Safety Council reports that a person in the United States is several times more likely to die of “sharp objects” than a plane or train

> (The nonprofit National Safety Council reports that a person in the United States is several times more likely to die of “sharp objects” than a plane or train crash, though the events that preceded the recent emergency Boeing groundings make such statistics cold comfort) Somewhat OT, but I wonder: Do statistics like this actually take the priors into account or are they just comparing the absolute counts? Or in other words, could I add my own statistic and advertise the safety properties of unicycles for highway travel?