DanArmak comments on Contrarianism and reference class forecasting - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 09 December 2009 06:35:02PM 0 points [-]

Good point. I couldn't find any statistics on human deaths or injuries by animal type in a minute's search, and I don't have time to spare right now. But I agree that my hypothesis needs to be fact checked. (Just two animal examples, hippos and buffalos, in a single continent in a couple of decades don't make a theory. And all four of your links don't refer to any actual data, they just state that hippos are the most dangerous.)