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Re:The Fireplace Delusion by aneth4 on Monday March 11, 2013 @11:46AM (#5357416)
Perhaps a valid point that Freakonomics had bad methodology in this instance, though this is similariy bad:

> So drowning is is roughly 2x as dangerous as guns

Drowning kills 100% of people who drown, so it's certainly more dangerous than guns.

Replace drowning with "pools" and there might be something more reasonable to compare, though hard to know what should be compared.

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Re:The Fireplace Delusion by sukuriant on Monday March 11, 2013 @02:12PM (#5358583)
> Drowning kills 100% of people who drown, so it's certainly more dangerous than guns.

I heard from a person that had to go through helicopter rescue training that they're, in their course of training, required to drown at one point; and then, after drowning, are brought back up and revived.

Drowning may kill a large percentage of the people that drown, but it's not a guaranteed death-sentence.

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Re:The Fireplace Delusion by pbhjpbhj on Monday March 11, 2013 @10:25PM (#5359653)
>Drowning kills 100% of people who drown, so it's certainly more dangerous than guns. //

Being shot to death kills 100% of people who are shot to death. I don't think you have a valid point.

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