You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things than terrorism (2013)

Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by nirmel on Thursday November 26, 2015 @09:58PM (#10635628)

Despite these facts, the availability heuristic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic) ensures that our perception of probabilities is proportional to how dramatic (and thus memorable) an event is and not to how likely it is.

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Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by raus22 on Thursday November 26, 2015 @10:11PM (#10635662)

Fearmongering is the best/easiest tool to create the feeling of us against them so you don't have to think about the problems that are way worse (probabilistically speaking). And it is good TV( AKA availability heuristics enabler )

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Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by Guthur on Friday November 27, 2015 @12:06AM (#10635941)

...and it's well understood and used throughout history.

"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." Hermann Goering

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Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by puppetmaster3 on Friday November 27, 2015 @01:03AM (#10636076)

Yes, refugees like Tsarnaev tend to influence.

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