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Monday, May 30, 2005
Helmets for immortality
Today's Mid Day has a curious headline: "Despite helmet, man dies in bus collision".
Now, whoever had ever claimed that if you wear a helmet no accident will kill you? The headline almost seems to be designed to argue against helmets, as if to say, "See! Helmets don't save lives." That's a fallacy, of course, so here's a question for you: which of these is it?
Now, whoever had ever claimed that if you wear a helmet no accident will kill you? The headline almost seems to be designed to argue against helmets, as if to say, "See! Helmets don't save lives." That's a fallacy, of course, so here's a question for you: which of these is it?
