Probability in Your Profession: Local News Anchor
A news anchor's scale where any nonzero risk to your child is a crisis.
Content note: Mentions firearms (satire).
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-what-does-probability-mean-in-your-profession--probability-in-your-profession-local-news-anchor/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Local News Anchor (probability of harm to your child): "justified panic," "crisis situation," "buy firearms and canned goods" (all near 0) · "your child is statistically a goner" (everything else)