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		_0nac on June 7, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Holding Your Breath in India Thought experiment: Bram moves to Washington DC, where the air is cleaner than in Delhi, but is instead shot in a mugging gone wrong and permanently confined to a wheelchair. It's well known that rate of gun crime in DC is far higher than in Delhi. Are his parents at fault?

wavefunction on June 7, 2015 | [–]

How many children are mugged in Washington DC though... To add some context.

Frqy3 on June 7, 2015 | [–]

It's about exposure to risk, taking into consideration both the probability of the event occuring and the impact of that event if it does occur.

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