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brokenpromise
9y ago
> My point here is, when I'm driving a car, I can control my personal risk. Yeah, if you never looked at the evidence or psychology then I suppose you would come to that conclusion. > With flying, most of the risk factors are com
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brokenpromise
9y ago
That's not how risk works, though. The probability of dying from a gunshot to the head are basically 1, but the probability of that event happening is basically 0. So it wouldn't make sense to never go outside because getting shot
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brokenpromise
9y ago
I hope you haven't driven since 2012 as well because that's orders of magnitude more dangerous. For any single flight, the probability of dying is vanishingly small. Statistics are your friend.
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brokenpromise
9y ago
I've been working with JavaScript since February and I want to give you a hug.