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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 July 2012 02:38:40AM 5 points [-]

This is not a product recommendation, but a request - it looks to me like trampolines should be large amounts of fun. However, when I tried to look up risk statistics, I found lots of dire warnings and, of course, no numerical annual risk statistics at all, or any attempt to adjust for safer trampolines with surrounding safety netting. My one attempt to calculate risk statistics on my own output a 0.1% chance of an injury requiring hospitalization per year of trampoline use. That's probably more risk than somebody in my position should take on, even for the sake of exercise. Does anyone know of more accurate statistics than this, or a safer trampoline with recorded risk statistics, or have a strong opinion on whether trampolines are safe enough to use?

Comment author: [deleted] 06 July 2012 10:58:21PM 2 points [-]

it looks to me like trampolines should be large amounts of fun

I think the fun would wear off if I started using one every day -- I think most of the fun of trampolines is in doing something I don't usually do. YMMV.