Comment on Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoLet us assume 2 people fly in planes. One of them does so 10 times a month. The other 10 times a year. The risks are higher for the 10 times a month flyer.
howrar@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
In a world where there are exactly two people who ever fly, that would make sense. Now what if there are 12 people who fly 10 times a year a 1 person who flies 10 times a month? Will it be more likely that someone in the group of 12 dies in a plane crash, or the one person who flies 10 times a month?
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I see what you’re saying but it’s splitting hairs. The rich guy uses an airplane more often that others do so he’s more likely to die in a plan crash simply because he’s more likely to be a plane the first place.
howrar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Splitting hairs is when the difference is meaningless. The difference we’re discussing is between answering the question and not answering it.
Others in the thread have given an answer that actually makes sense, and it’s that wealthier people who fly frequently tend to fly in smaller private aircrafts, and those are more likely to crash than commercial flights.