Originally Posted by NeverEnough:
“I keep hearing about how miniscule the odds are in dying in a terrorist incident, yet it's the 1st January and already 39 people are lying dead.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38481521
Do any of the forum terror statisticians want to make a prediction . Here and now on New Year's Day. As to how many people will lose their lives to terrorism this year?
F**k "perspective".”
“I keep hearing about how miniscule the odds are in dying in a terrorist incident, yet it's the 1st January and already 39 people are lying dead.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38481521
Do any of the forum terror statisticians want to make a prediction . Here and now on New Year's Day. As to how many people will lose their lives to terrorism this year?
F**k "perspective".”
Well as a running average, the numbers killed by terrorism *are* small, relatively speaking. Taking the beginning of the year as some arbitrary point to reset the average is a statistical non-sequitur.




. It's clear this is a club popular with celebs, footballers and people of all faiths and none, who like to mix and have fun.
", I'm not addressing them, I'm talking to people on DS. I'm suggesting that we retain a sense of perspective. You'd have to be some sort of buffoon to tell the families of the deceased to get some perspective.