• FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Since we’re crunching numbers, go ahead and normalize these as a percent based on number of direct bear encounters and number of direct man encounters. This will be the real numbers you care about hahaha

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      8 months ago

      Already addressed this in another comment, just read the next sentence I wrote…

      They’re not comparable for a variety of reasons, even if you account for population; I kept both in, with that caveat, because they make two distinct points. And my “conclusion” was really only in respect to the violent crime statistics presented.