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To: SeekAndFind
Then ask the question what percentage of the subjects will die if hit in the head by a BB traveling 20 miles per hour and weighing 2 tenths of a gram or 1/6000th as much? According to the linear no threshold theory, the death rate would be 1/6000th as high. Of course a tiny BB thrown gently will be absolutely harmless and no one will die. However if the experiment is performed on hundreds of thousands of people, probably some will die, because people die all the time for various reasons.

You'll put yer eye out, kid!

10 posted on 07/06/2012 7:36:23 AM PDT by Lazamataz (People who resort to Godwin's Law are just like Hitler.)
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No, he’ll put his brother’s eye out.


11 posted on 07/06/2012 8:20:19 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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