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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by phkahler on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @11:18AM (#22310065)
knowledge does not automatically prevent us from errors in judgments nor does it necessarily protect us from misfortune.

Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/795/

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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by mark-r on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:31PM (#22311938)
Not automatically, but it can help.

I was in this very situation at the top of Pikes Peak. A storm moved in and the park rangers closed the place and sent everybody away. They knew the statistics of being hit by lightning in that very place.

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