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05/02/2013 10:10:26 AM · #1 |
I dug this article up for another thread. I went back and reread it and forgot how great it was, figured others would enjoy it.
enjoy:
//www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1562978-1,00.html |
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05/02/2013 10:53:26 AM · #2 |
Interesting read. Thanks.
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05/02/2013 11:04:31 AM · #3 |
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05/02/2013 12:34:56 PM · #4 |
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05/02/2013 01:06:25 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Time Magazine:
... while nuclear power plants do pose dangers, the more imminent peril to both people and the planet comes from the toxins produced by coal-fired plants. ... |
... so if you plug in your electric car at night, and you live in an area served by a coal-fired plant, could your car be a worse polluter than a gas powered car? That would be ironic.
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05/02/2013 01:44:11 PM · #6 |
another great article, so neat and concise on his point.
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05/02/2013 02:04:17 PM · #7 |
I am fascinated by risk. Sometimes we court it for the thrill (bungee jumping, sky diving, Russian roulette) and sometimes we ignore it (smoking, over eating, slippery showers). We take elaborate precautions against low probability situations (airplane screenings), and do nothing to avoid high probability risk (airplane food).
If you have ever had a teenage child, you will be shocked that the species has survived. Well it turns out that teenage risk taking is not a prerogative of humans. In Zoobiquity the authors explore teen risk taking in a variety of species. When a group of gazelles detects nearby stalking predators such as cheetahs or lions, zoologist Clare FitzGibbon discovered that instead of running they sometimes approach and follow the predator, sometimes for more than seventy minutes. The probability of being killed while following a cheetah is one in 5,000 for mature gazelle, but only one in 417 for teenagers. Despite the incredibly high risk, predator following has persisted over evolutionary time.
Similar risk courting behavior can be found in otters, elephants and horses. Risky business being alive. |
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05/10/2013 06:46:59 PM · #8 |
Watching the hockey game the other night made me think of the article. Because someone in the stands was killed by an errant slap shot, all arenas now must have humongous nets at the ends from the glass up. After so many decades this happens. I wonder how many more people were killed in car accidents travelling to or from hockey games. Driving to the games is what should be banned.
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05/10/2013 06:51:11 PM · #9 |
This reminds me of a sign I saw at Niagara Falls on the Canadian side: 
Funny that... I mean who would think that stepping over the fence and falling into the river would be dangerous. :O)
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05/10/2013 09:54:38 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Watching the hockey game the other night made me think of the article. Because someone in the stands was killed by an errant slap shot, all arenas now must have humongous nets at the ends from the glass up. After so many decades this happens. I wonder how many more people were killed in car accidents travelling to or from hockey games. Driving to the games is what should be banned. |
I'll bet more than one died in an alcohol related incident yet they still sell alcohol...
Also do you know why they call the things on the side of the road are called "guide rails"? Because someone sued when the "guardrail" didn't guard them from leaving the road. |
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