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Not everyone is that fragile. A lot of people would assume that their odds of being involved in two crashes are basically zero and go on working.
by potato3732842 2y ago
Not everyone is that fragile.
A lot of people would assume that their odds of being involved in two crashes are basically zero and go on working.
- IAmGraydon 2y agoTo the contrary, the psychological reaction is likely “If the nearly impossible could happen to me, the chances are much higher than I thought.” It may not be correct, but traumatic experiences don’t exactly lead to rational thought.
- CapcomGo 2y agoInteresting use of fragile - you must be an aviation accident survivor? I would love to hear the details!
- drowsspa 2y agoYeah, calling "fragile" someone who's afraid after an airplane crash has to be peak Hacker News
- RealityVoid 2y agoTo be fair, the way he worded it called them NOT fragile. I think he has a point. We don't know how they are mentally, some might be fine, some might be not. Ascribing the way we think we would feel about it to the survivors feels wrong somehow.
- drowsspa 2y agoSome other people would recognize that the failures are basically independent, so their odds of getting in another accident is the same.
- daedrdev 2y agoIts probably not entirely independent, anyone who knows these two were the only survivors of a crash will probably work to ensure things are extra careful unconsciously
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoFragile? Did you watch the video? How bad must it be for you?
- snozolli 2y agoA lot of people would assume that their odds of being involved in two crashes Their odds?! These are crew members. They likely looked a good number of these people in the eye and interacted with them before seeing them all violently killed in front of them. That's a profoundly traumatizing experience. Additionally, our brains aren't wired for odds. A veteran is unlikely to be hit by artillery in the US, but that doesn't stop them having PTSD episodes when fireworks go off.