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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote
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The problem, of course, is the population failing to conform to
what is "obviously" true. Naughty population! Bad population!
Human nature. We are notoriously poor at assessing 'obvious'
risk and benefit. Which is more dangerous, a bear or a bee?
It's not about the science or the statistics, it's about PR
(public relations and *perceived* risk). We're sensing
creatures who think, not thinking creatures who sense.
Anyone seen the movie, _What the Bleep Do We Know!?_ ?
http://www.whatthebleep.com/
Recumbent content:
We recumbent cyclists should be discussing hip protection
if not hip waders (appropriate for wading though such
"deep" USENET threads as bike h*lm*ts effectiveness
exchanges inevitably turn out...) Several years ago an
informal survey of ARBR suggested lower body injuries were
most common bicycle-related injuries among newsgroup-
posting recumbent cyclists...
Jon Meinecke
net.subtle-apteryx