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You do realize that feminists are the ones who lobbied to go from all female names to half male, right? Meaning that if this dubious research is accurate, they

by qq66 12y ago

You do realize that feminists are the ones who lobbied to go from all female names to half male, right? Meaning that if this dubious research is accurate, they saved lives.

baddox 12y ago
> Meaning that if this dubious research is accurate, they saved lives. That doesn't necessarily follow. It could be that people have on average a fixed amount of "preparedness" per unit time that they will spend on various events as they see fit. Switching from all female names to half female half male might have simply caused more of this preparedness to be spent on the half named after males, but the total amount of preparedness would be unchanged.
- qq66 12y ago
  I suppose that's possible, but it's the kind of claim that needs to be proven rather than disproven (just like the claim in the article, which is light-years from proven).
pekk 12y ago
Then it will save even more lives for every hurricane to be named after a metal band (e.g.: Destructinator.) Then we can apply suffixes, like "the Terrible" (Destructinator the Terrible). Then if that doesn't work well enough to change behavior, we can simply lie about the risks (Destructinator the Terrible will kill you unless you take shelter in Canada with 90% probability.) Hopefully this drumbeat of psychological warfare will cause the coastal residents to move hundreds of miles from the coasts and there will be no more hurricane deaths again. Then we can start naming tornados after biker bars.
- qq66 12y ago
  Hah, your comment highlighted the ridiculousness of the article, but there's also some truth to it. Imagine you were considering moving to Florida, but they had recently been ravaged by "The Destructinator of Death" and the "Plague of Extreme Sorrows." It would probably give you more pause than thinking about Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina.

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You do realize that feminists are the ones who lobbied to go from all female names to half male, right? Meaning that if this dubious research is accurate, they

by qq66 12y ago

You do realize that feminists are the ones who lobbied to go from all female names to half male, right? Meaning that if this dubious research is accurate, they saved lives.

baddox 12y ago
> Meaning that if this dubious research is accurate, they saved lives. That doesn't necessarily follow. It could be that people have on average a fixed amount of "preparedness" per unit time that they will spend on various events as they see fit. Switching from all female names to half female half male might have simply caused more of this preparedness to be spent on the half named after males, but the total amount of preparedness would be unchanged.
- qq66 12y ago
  I suppose that's possible, but it's the kind of claim that needs to be proven rather than disproven (just like the claim in the article, which is light-years from proven).
pekk 12y ago
Then it will save even more lives for every hurricane to be named after a metal band (e.g.: Destructinator.) Then we can apply suffixes, like "the Terrible" (Destructinator the Terrible). Then if that doesn't work well enough to change behavior, we can simply lie about the risks (Destructinator the Terrible will kill you unless you take shelter in Canada with 90% probability.) Hopefully this drumbeat of psychological warfare will cause the coastal residents to move hundreds of miles from the coasts and there will be no more hurricane deaths again. Then we can start naming tornados after biker bars.
- qq66 12y ago
  Hah, your comment highlighted the ridiculousness of the article, but there's also some truth to it. Imagine you were considering moving to Florida, but they had recently been ravaged by "The Destructinator of Death" and the "Plague of Extreme Sorrows." It would probably give you more pause than thinking about Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina.