Not to mention the risks of being killed by an infected cheeseburger. We cheerfully tolerate many higher but less dramatic risks than 'terrorism'.
On Dec 29, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Christopher D. Green wrote: > Here are some statistics on the probability of being the > (attempted) victim of terrorism on a commercial flight that may > make for interesting discussion in your courses: http:// > www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/12/odds-of-airborne-terror.html > > Here's the best bit: "the odds of being on given departure which is > the subject of a terrorist incident have been 1 in 10,408,947 over > the past decade. By contrast, the odds of being struck by lightning > in a given year are about 1 in 500,000. This means that you could > board 20 flights per year and still be less likely to be the > subject of an attempted terrorist attack than to be struck by > lightning." Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato paul.bran...@mnsu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
