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Travis's avatar

Yup, but suicide and domestic violence don't affect greater society psychologically the way that stochastic terrorism does. I'm not going to die at a country music concert or place of worship randomly because someone killed themselves or their ex with a handgun. That's why the small numbers hit society to a larger degree than the big numbers do. It's the qualitative difference.

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R Mercer's avatar

Oh, certainly. As always it is the edge cases that garner attention and create confusion, fear, and uncertainty.

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