Warning to everyone reading this (and the comments) not to extrapolate to the entire population. While isolated examples seem to be becoming more extreme, are

Warning to everyone reading this (and the comments) not to extrapolate to the entire population. While isolated examples seem to be becoming more extreme, are they becoming more frequent? That’s up to you to decide for yourself. Do the hard thinking. Do not trick yourself into thinking an extreme example automatically means an increasing count of examples.