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Comment Re:This was from some B movie? any have a name? (Score 1) 453

Yes, that's what I said. 3 stars for reading comprehension. Per mile is a crap stat, IMHO. Consider that NASA's space program has a fantastic safety record when measured per mile. Yet, they also have a 6% astronaut death rate, which is not so good.

I'm waiting until we all have flying cars. They're bound to be safer because flying is much safer, right? Right? And then Hertz-AirCar rental gets sued for racial profiling...

Comment Re:This was from some B movie? any have a name? (Score 2) 453

From that exact Wikipedia article, you can see the airlines FUD. Of course the airlines want you to believe that planes are safer than cars - but only measured by distance. And planes can travel ~8 times faster than cars and have large, enforced distances between them, less people transported per year, etc., so they should be safer, right?

However, the deaths by journey stats show that you are 3 times MORE likely to die in a plane than in a car. That is, if you take 1000 car journeys and 1000 plane journeys, you are much more likely to die in the plane.

However, if you ride a motorbike, please carry an organ donor card so that some benefit can be had by others from your death wish.

Comment Re:Each theory? (Score 2) 916

The bible is NOT, I repeat, NOT the word of God. It was authored by men and men alone. You might have even heard of a few of them, lik Mathew, Mark, Luke and others. They may describe acts attributed to a god but other than that it's all man.

Comment Re:Even more strange (Score 1) 628

I don't think people, overall, are that smart. the world seems to be run by 'the people of walmart'.

Well, d'uh on the smart bit. If by being "smart" you mean "above average" , well then by definition most people are not smart. Always. If everybody was magically gifted an extra 30 IQ point over night, then guess what, most people would still not be smart because they still would not be above average. You see how that works?

Your igorant slur on "Walmart people" always covers some pretty smart and wealthy people. I'm guessing you are one of the below average people.

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