Friday, 24 April 2015

Deathly Probability ***

Sometimes we can be influenced by things that aren't really facts.  For example, books and blockbuster films lead us to believe that sharks are very dangerous to humans.  In reality, however, more people are killed by hippos than sharks.  Try putting these causes of death in order of probability (from most likely to least likely).

  • computer game exhaustion
  • snake bite
  • hippo attack
  • walking into a lamp post
  • falling down a manhole
  • playing football
  • hot by a falling coconut
  • struck by lightning
  • hit by a meteorite
  • shark attack