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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I appreciate the nitpick, I think it's likely the case that "kills a bunch of people" is also something we want to avoid...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Oh, certainly. Humans in general just have a poor sense of scale, and I think it's important to keep aware of these sorts of things. I find it comes up a lot in environmentalism and the lack of nuance between "this could kill a few people" and "this could kill everyone" seriously hampers discussion.