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Re:Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safet... by yellowapple on Sunday May 22, 2022 @09:51AM (#31468188)
> You believe that if the evidence indicates more people would die with the helmets

That ain't what was argued. The commenter above argued that helmets encourage people to take more risks. Even assuming that to be true, the sane answer is to train people to ride safely even when wearing helmets, not to ban helmets.

> it would be a statistical certainty your omission of action is basically causing people's deaths

1. "statistical certainty" is an oxymoron.

2. correlation != causation

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Re:Pedal Me bans staff riders from wearing helmets for safet... by whimsicalism on Sunday May 22, 2022 @10:06AM (#31468310)
1. It's may be an oxymoron but also there is no such thing as any other form of certainty.

2. Yes, this is why we have RCTs.

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