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No, but you can know that A people out of 100,000 have died doing B making it less dangerous than C, more dangerous than D and 100x as dangerous as E and so on.
by michaelt 4y ago
No, but you can know that A people out of 100,000 have died doing B making it less dangerous than C, more dangerous than D and 100x as dangerous as E and so on.
- giantg2 4y agoThat might actually false confidence. For example, some activities might be comprised of more skilled people driving down the fatality rate. But another activity might have fewer or more manageable risks for unskilled people but have a higher fatality rate because more unskilled people do them.
- optimalsolver 4y agoVery relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/795/ https://xkcd.com/795/