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| Feb 21, 2017 at 5:05 | comment | added | Matthew Gunn | I think that's right that the legitimate concern is about events in the extreme tail. Consistent with that, academia, the Bush administration and the Obama administration did significant work on understanding and reducing threats from biologic and nuclear weapons. In contrast, it's hard to see any significant nexus between Trump's attempted travel ban and the tail risk one is concerned about. | |
| Feb 5, 2017 at 10:32 | comment | added | matt_black | Fair point. But the chart was making a narrower point about terrorism caused by refugees. Historically almost no-one has died at the hands of refugees in terror attacks but both americans and legal immigrants have committed large acts of terror. Maybe the risk of large attacks by refugees is something to worry about but there is no historic basis for targeting them specifically as the public seems to assume. | |
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| Feb 3, 2017 at 22:03 | history | answered | user22917 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |