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by brutusborn 1099 days ago
The difference is scale and ability to measure risk. We know how to make chicken safe and a lot of people eat it, so regulation works well.

For subs, it is a tiny number of people and risks are nearly impossible to assess.

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Yeah, I agree to that. It is a bit avant garde, so people signing up must know that it is more miss than hit, so buyer beware.
> risks are nearly impossible to assess

We have subs that have been touring the oceans for several decades, so we have a pretty good idea of what is unsafe and what works.

> risks are nearly impossible to assess

this is total fabrication, we have submarines for 200 years. WW1 german u-boats were safer than this piece of crap

We’ve had subs, but not mini subs that go to 4km depths.
We sent a mini sub to explore the deepest point on earth 60 years ago.
Im aware of that, just wanted to clarify that we haven’t had deep mini subs for 200 years.