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The presidency is by FAR the most dangerous job in America. Out of 44 presidents, eight (18%) have died in office, four by assassination. The next-most dangerou
by qq66 13y ago
The presidency is by FAR the most dangerous job in America. Out of 44 presidents, eight (18%) have died in office, four by assassination. The next-most dangerous job in America is logging, with a death rate of 128 per 100,000 workers per year, while the presidential assassination rate is 1,777 per 100,000 workers per year.
Given the frequency of presidential assassinations, and the extreme disruption to all Americans' lives when they do occur, it's worth spending lots of effort, money, and inconvenience to do our best to prevent them from happening.
- eruditely 13y agoFallacy of measuring non-tail(logging) vs tail(presidency) data, and then using means/averages to derive a conclusion. Epistemologically meaningless; further than incorrect.
- qq66 13y agoI love it when a comment fits a username so perfectly.
- 001sky 13y ago"Being OLD is by FAR the most dangerous health risk in America"
- anigbrowl 13y agoWell, that's not the same thing, is it?
- 001sky 13y agoThe 4 deaths by natural causes would make POTUS the most danerous job in the US without making reference to asassignation. So, it is the same thing. Of course, the british monarchy has not had a fatality in office that was <not> old age since 1600. Which makes it safer or more dangerous, depending on how you look at it. Either way, the fatality rate is 100%.
- anigbrowl 13y agoGood grief.
- dingaling 13y ago> and the extreme disruption to all Americans' lives when they do occur, I'm intrigued by this comment. Isn't it a case of swearing-in the VP and carrying on? Does it trigger a new election? Isn't the regular disruption to daily life when POTUS is in town ( even me as a UKian, when the office holder* comes here ) far, far greater than that? * the power is in the office, not the person
- gdubs 13y agoI think the disruption the parent is talking about is the emotional anguish and existential soul-searching that occurs in empathetic individuals when their leader is taken from them. No, I don't think the disruption caused by traffic at all compares [1]. 1: Los Angeles resident for ten years