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by slavik81 3835 days ago
> "anti-aeronautical-engineers" who "believe" through common sense that planes can't fly?

There are plenty of people who won't fly because they're afraid it will crash, despite that being tremendously unlikely.

> Electricity is reading our brainwaves.

I got some great pamphlets in my mailbox about how the neighborhood powerlines were going to affect my mood.

But, no. They are not in need of psychiatric help. They're just wrong about something.

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> There are plenty of people who won't fly because they're afraid it will crash, despite that being tremendously unlikely.

I know people like this. They don't think their view is rational and they do things like buy plane tickets for their kids.

Regardless of how irrational their views are they are actually less likely do die in a plane crash.