@St_Rev What's your drive-by take on this?https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/682361866321002496 …
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@NineBandedBooks Counterpoint about declining murder rates also seems legit. Can't say more w/o careful study. -
@St_Rev Me neither. I read Pinker's book and thought it was pretty solid. A counter could be based pop. ethics--real numbers versus per cap. -
@NineBandedBooks The tail argument is, roughly, about the dogs that didn't bark. What were the odds on global thermonuclear war in 20C? -
@NineBandedBooks 10%? Then that's 300-600 million phantom deaths that didn't happen but should be part of the risk equation.
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