Difference between revisions of "Talk:795: Conditional Risk"
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I'd like to point out that the "invented one in six statistic" is a roll of the dice. {{unsigned ip|162.158.90.161}} | I'd like to point out that the "invented one in six statistic" is a roll of the dice. {{unsigned ip|162.158.90.161}} | ||
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"I'm not American! So my risk is basically zero!"
Is the risk to Americans so low because lightning concentrates on non-Americans?
I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 15:42, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
The line 'The annual death rate among people who know that statistic is one in six' clearly points out that the people who know the statistic tend to be dismissive about the danger of the lightning strikes and put themselves in danger. Even though the statistic is probably invented by the author, shouldn't it go in the explanation?
I did not want to change the explanation without a discussion. (PS: I am a newbie here)
A2658742 (talk) 10:44, 10 April 2015 (UTC)a2658742
I'd like to point out that the "invented one in six statistic" is a roll of the dice. 162.158.90.161 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
1 in 6 is also the probability of shooting yourself in (classic) russian roulette. Siv3nIvy (talk) 11:41, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
