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Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by nitrogen on Friday November 27, 2015 @03:18AM (#10636404)
A single meteorite could kill everyone. Why don't we pay more attention to those?
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Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by random_moonwalk on Friday November 27, 2015 @08:00AM (#10637081)
We pay a lot of attention to those https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Planet_Center. Their paths are also predictable. Anyway, my point wasn't to do with the attention we should give terrorist attacks, rather that in this case in particular, past events are a poor predictor of future ones.
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