In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings. On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose… 500 to Medical errors 300 to the Flu 250 to Suicide 200 to Car Accidents 40 to Homicide via Handgun Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data.
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Replying to @neiltyson
This is an absurdly pointless thing to be saying right now. If you don’t understand why these events terrify, appall and dishearten people, consider the estimable option of saying nothing at all.
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I think you're sort of missing the point. If the media report every lightening death a year, it could do one a week. The fact is that many would suddenly believe there's an "epidemic" of lightening strikes. He's basically saying, "btw, keep perspective, these are rare...
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Replying to @newbury_eric @WFKARS and
Oh, we get the point. NDT just chose a horrible and insensitive way to make it, which is why he's catching hell—and deservedly so.
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