so there's really no headline to point out that the last three years seem to be outliers? @sapinkerpic.twitter.com/qESduhVhmo
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so there's really no headline to point out that the last three years seem to be outliers? @sapinkerpic.twitter.com/qESduhVhmo
can you follow a trendline? what is BOUNDING the terrorism deaths? security services. @sapinkerpic.twitter.com/IGkkMHybdE
"why talk about fundamentalists getting a bomb until we have a handrail on every stairwell?" -- translated Steven Pinker @sapinker
Resharing this, with apologies to Steven Pinker @sapinker https://uberfeminist.blogspot.com/2016/01/false-equivalence-and-bad-math.html …pic.twitter.com/WQLNqZ2f8g
here's an 'infographic' that explains how truly screwed the whole world is @sapinker (@NYTimes should hire me)pic.twitter.com/BREL2C8zj5
Would Steven Pinker's math not have applied just as well to the population of Syria, until 2014 or so? @sapinker
I'm not against a calculated response. We don't want an autoimmune reaction. But the categorical comparisons are nonsense @sapinker
In the '70s, terrorist deaths resulted from leftist groups like Red Brigade & Baadar-Meinhoff Gang. Now they result from jihadists
It's a fair point, but look at the numbers of prevented near-attacks too. Intelligence is way better than in 70s.
wording of captions and headlines are SO important!!
@MaxCRoser @BBCNewsbeat Does the source of violence matter to you or no?
@MaxCRoser @BBCNews - or could say, "How Pinker really doesn't care who dies as long as his narrative intact".
@BBCNews very well said
Slightly surprised you are reading @BBCNewsbeat pieces. But your point is well made.
The trained mind knows when they say a baseball player is 4 for his last 33, that means he's probably 5 for his last 34.
@carolynporco @BBCNews It's almost as if a narrative of danger and mistrust were being peddled to keep us compliant?
No. It's evolutionarily built into us to be distracted by & attentive to imminent danger. News orgs know this
I accept your point but shouldn't media be informing us not manipulating us? Journalism not agendas.
@BBCNews Euro media is actively trying 2 suppress info abt terrorism. Concerned abt rise n nationalism in response 2 terror threat
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