1232
On bats. (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
all 36 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] rbn@feddit.ch 76 points 2 years ago

“It’s a messy situation, but generally it’s very safe and it works well,”

Reminds me of the traffic situation in eastern Asia. Huge amounts of cars, scooters etc. mostly ignoring any traffic rules. From an outside perspective it looks like there must be thousands of injuries a day but considering the vast amount of individuals it's still pretty safe and efficient.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 90 points 2 years ago

Traffic deaths in Thailand are 60 per 100.000 vehicles. In the Netherlands is 6. It's 10 times a deadly...

[-] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So 0.6% chance of being a vehicle owner being involved in a fatal accident over a ten year timespan? 0.06% over a single year?

Sounds pretty safe to me.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago

The injury rate is about 70 times higher though.

[-] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The point I’m trying to make is that absolute risk numbers are far more useful than stating relative risk, especially once we get below the average person’s acceptable risk tolerance. Saying “this country is xx times safer than this country” can be misleading.

For example, if we consider a hypothetical country that has 1 traffic death per 100,000 vehicles you could make the statement that, “the Netherlands has 6x more traffic deaths than hypothetical country!” It would make the Netherlands seem like a dangerous place to live, but I’d wager that the vast majority of people would feel perfectly comfortable with the idea of being in traffic in the Netherlands.

[-] LostWon@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Sounds like you mean South &/or Southeast Asia and not East Asia (or perhaps just Asia in general rather than subdividing)? Within Asia, injury/fatality rates seems to increase as you go westward.

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yea, looks like it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPEPX4z4KBw#t=5m24s

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Scientists have found that bats collide into each other more often than they thought.

I read this as if the bats had thought they didn't collide with each other and had a chuckle.

[-] lorez@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

That's the correct way to read it ;p

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Haha, "I don't know about those other bats, but I feel like I'm pretty good..."

[-] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Does anyone have a link to this video that does not force me to watch two 40s pro-israel propaganda videos before it starts?

[-] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Sure, just get an adBlocker

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

ThT was a wonderful video thank you for sharing. Anyone who wants to just see one bay crash, 5:25 I think it is.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For the people who don't want turn off their adblocker. It just links to youtube anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPEPX4z4KBw#t=5m24s

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 years ago

Makes me feel better that bats are as uncoordinated as me.

[-] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Now hold on a minute...

[-] darth_tiktaalik@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago

"Wassa matter with you? you blind?!" "Yes."

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 9 points 2 years ago

Bats aren't blind

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Wasn't there a study about the same thing but with bees?

[-] saze@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Did someone say beans?

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 11 points 2 years ago

Batologist?

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Some sort of bat-man

[-] AnonWyo@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

And not some sort of man-bat?

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah. And he's Hammerhead Bat too.

[-] RoseTintedGlasses 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

[I got a bot to automatically delete all my comments over 1 month old so you can't see this comment anymore]

[-] ninchuka@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

I read this as fat 💀

[-] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Bats are dumb as crap lol

this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2023
1232 points (100.0% liked)

Science Memes

17693 readers
1021 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Sal@mander.xyz
fossilesque@mander.xyz
SciBot@mander.xyz
fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com