On: You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist

[kvb]

It's not just that. What's the probability that 100K people are killed by terrorists vs. police next year? With fat tails, the number of people killed in the recent past isn't an accurate summary of the true statistics.

[jeremysmyth → kvb]

Vanishingly small. That's entirely the point.