You met pilots? There is a reason we don't let them run the show. Particle physics? Yes, the field that gave us the biggest existential threat to humanity that we had to restructure our whole planet around to try to avoid—at great harm to us (UNSC). Solid foundations are no cure.
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Give me that kind of prioritization and funding for public health, and I think you'd find a very well functioning system, and Chris's claim that public health experts add little while pilots add a lot is, humbly, ludicrous because pilots add very little, though they are skilled.
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The difference between commercial aviation and public health isn't that we understand aerodynamics better than germ theory of disease, but the broader political context in which the "experts" operate, which is not because of the particulars of science or tech, but policy.
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I am not convinced this was fundamentally a political decision. Modern risk-aversion with life aside, jetliner airframes cost like $300M. It's worth spending a whole lot of money to prevent even a few hull losses.
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I dunno. We spend so much money on the military... How much have we spent on the F-35? Trillions? So the idea that we are efficient isn't true either. We are remarkably inefficient. It's not lives either—plane crashes affect very few. Long story, we decided to make flying safe.
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