[video] Why you shouldn’t trust successful people’s advice

Re:[video] Why you shouldn’t trust successful people’s advice by nickik on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @07:56AM (#11117511)

That a similar story with helmets in WW1. After they introduced helmets the amount of people with head wounds skyrocketed. So they wanted to remove helmets again.

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Re:[video] Why you shouldn’t trust successful people’s advice by Vaskivo on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @01:07PM (#11119847)

There's a a theory that says the increased feeling of safety makes us act more recklessly.

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Re:[video] Why you shouldn’t trust successful people’s advice by loco5niner on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:21PM (#11121511)

I think the point of the story is that wearing a helmet makes you more likely to be not-dead when shot in the head (thus increasing the number of head wounds).

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Re:[video] Why you shouldn’t trust successful people’s advice by nickik on Thursday February 18, 2016 @05:14AM (#11124777)

Mostly getting a bunch of stones on your head, not bullets, but basically correct.

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Re:[video] Why you shouldn’t trust successful people’s advice by snowfield on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:38PM (#11121637)

Apparently the head injury rates in football went up greatly when they introduced helmets.

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Re:[video] Why you shouldn’t trust successful people’s advice by Terr_ on Friday February 19, 2016 @11:48AM (#11134606)

Different scenario, though: Pilots in airplanes generally aren't headbutting into enemy bullets.

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