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Re:Incident: Swiss A333 at New York, rejected takeoff due to... by laborcontract on Sunday April 21, 2024 @10:27PM (#40110977)
It's called the availability heuristic and the response to airplane crashes are frequently used as an example of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic

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Re:Incident: Swiss A333 at New York, rejected takeoff due to... by Simulacra on Sunday April 21, 2024 @10:33PM (#40111004)
Gun violence?
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Re:Incident: Swiss A333 at New York, rejected takeoff due to... by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @07:42AM (#40130747)
Imagine if in the constitution there was some line like 'the right to use an airplane shall not be infringed' or something and so any attempt at regulating airplane safety was declared illegal. As a result thousands of people died every year in airplane accidents and everyone was "well that's what the founder fathers wanted, so what are ya gonna do?"
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