Dr. Fedchenkov
@drfedchenkov.bsky.social
MD Psychiatry, PhD Psychology.
Impossible. Must’ve been some other incredibly good-looking man with impeccable taste in cars. Easy mistake to make, though.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Impossible. Must’ve been some other incredibly good-looking man with impeccable taste in cars. Easy mistake to make, though.
Is that the face you made?
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Is that the face you made?
A shame, truly. Your contributions would be an essential part of the ecosystem.
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A shame, truly. Your contributions would be an essential part of the ecosystem.
Did you also tape a crayon drawing of an angry face to your door so people know you’re very dangerous today?
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Did you also tape a crayon drawing of an angry face to your door so people know you’re very dangerous today?
You sound like a teenager who just discovered moral absolutism on a message board.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You sound like a teenager who just discovered moral absolutism on a message board.
((You literally don't exist as far as we are concerned.))
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
((You literally don't exist as far as we are concerned.))
Just sounds wasteful
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Just sounds wasteful
Not to mention you don't have a definition of “mistake” let alone a dangerous one.
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Not to mention you don't have a definition of “mistake” let alone a dangerous one.
Besides not knowing how many shows happen, you're also guessing the number of throws, the error rate, the dangerous-error rate, the homogeneity of all performers, the independence of events, and then mis-labelling the whole pile of guesses as “Poisson statistics.”
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Besides not knowing how many shows happen, you're also guessing the number of throws, the error rate, the dangerous-error rate, the homogeneity of all performers, the independence of events, and then mis-labelling the whole pile of guesses as “Poisson statistics.”
Elrik, statistics only work if you start with real numbers.
If your inputs are assumptions, your Poisson model is just a very complicated way of guessing. You can’t calculate meaningful risk from imaginary data.
If your inputs are assumptions, your Poisson model is just a very complicated way of guessing. You can’t calculate meaningful risk from imaginary data.
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Elrik, statistics only work if you start with real numbers.
If your inputs are assumptions, your Poisson model is just a very complicated way of guessing. You can’t calculate meaningful risk from imaginary data.
If your inputs are assumptions, your Poisson model is just a very complicated way of guessing. You can’t calculate meaningful risk from imaginary data.
Next time perhaps don't consider some random bro posting on Reddit a reliable source.
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Next time perhaps don't consider some random bro posting on Reddit a reliable source.
The last time someone got clipped on the head in a way that lead to any kind of a meaningful injury was in 2003, so 3-18 dangerous mistakes per thrower seems a bit far fetched.
So either someone pulled those statistic right out of their ass, or they define 'a dangerous mistake' in a peculiar way.
So either someone pulled those statistic right out of their ass, or they define 'a dangerous mistake' in a peculiar way.
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The last time someone got clipped on the head in a way that lead to any kind of a meaningful injury was in 2003, so 3-18 dangerous mistakes per thrower seems a bit far fetched.
So either someone pulled those statistic right out of their ass, or they define 'a dangerous mistake' in a peculiar way.
So either someone pulled those statistic right out of their ass, or they define 'a dangerous mistake' in a peculiar way.
Right, it's starting to sound a bit like someone threw a knife at someone and may or may not have meant to hit them.
Vs. controlled carnival act by a professional.
Feels a bit like and apples and oranges.
Vs. controlled carnival act by a professional.
Feels a bit like and apples and oranges.
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Right, it's starting to sound a bit like someone threw a knife at someone and may or may not have meant to hit them.
Vs. controlled carnival act by a professional.
Feels a bit like and apples and oranges.
Vs. controlled carnival act by a professional.
Feels a bit like and apples and oranges.
Perhaps they had beef.
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Perhaps they had beef.
Yes, there's inherent risks to blades, I am talking about mortal danger. Which it just isn't. You're more likely to die on a rollercoaster.
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Yes, there's inherent risks to blades, I am talking about mortal danger. Which it just isn't. You're more likely to die on a rollercoaster.
You can't just make up stats and throw them out there.
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
You can't just make up stats and throw them out there.
You’ll find that coddling and catastrophizing help no one in this city. People don’t become safer because everyone agrees to pretend they were nearly killed by a carnival stunt.
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
You’ll find that coddling and catastrophizing help no one in this city. People don’t become safer because everyone agrees to pretend they were nearly killed by a carnival stunt.
There has not been a single documented case of a carnival knife-thrower killing their target in the last hundred years. You felt afraid. That’s fine. But fear isn’t the same as actual mortal danger.
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
There has not been a single documented case of a carnival knife-thrower killing their target in the last hundred years. You felt afraid. That’s fine. But fear isn’t the same as actual mortal danger.