• Bacano@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Misleading stat. The number of people who died in car crashes is far higher than wingsuit accidents but the latter is inherently riskier than the former.

    If one uses an argument founded on fallacy they hurt the very cause they are trying to champion.

    • atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      11 hours ago

      Im pretty sure by “more people”, this post is referring to percentages. I have seen a version of this that uses statistics for regret rates for tattoos and for transitioning if i remember correctly