Comment Re:Sleight-of-hand? (Score 2) 202
How happy would we be if refrigerators killed as many people as self-driving cars? Shouldn't we expect NO deaths from a machine?
Your logic is backwards - how many people are SAVED from the use of machines that provide refrigeration?
The CDC estimates that roughly 3,000 Americans die from foodborne illnesses each year, which is a small fraction of historical mortality rates due to the constant use of home and commercial chillers.
Expanding refrigeration to air conditioning, an estimated 175,000 people die from heat-related causes each year in Europe according to the UN World Health Organization. Use of air conditioning "machines" could have saved those 175,000 each year in Europe alone.
Life is deadly, but machines like Waymo, refrigerators, and air conditioning actually make death and injury much less likely.