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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal
Those people are just ignorant, if they are not aware of the risks.
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Yes. The ignorance is what the Darwin really is awarded for, in the end.
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This guy was stupid, the risks were insane--any mistake = instant death; for zero gain.
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You mean like the Red Devils, or the Navy's Blue Angles doing formation fly-overs at low altitude over crowds of people and everybody applauding, and doing insane manouvers at high speed at closest proximitiy to each other, and to crowds of audience? Or a mountain climber, maybe even a free climber doing the El Capitano in Yosemite without ropes, just with his toes and fingertips? Or Felix Baumgartner doing his stratosphere jump? All these things are insane risks - any mistake = instant death, for zero gain.
Maybe no gain for you. But those doing it, obviously see a gain, else they would not do it. And the often applauded military jet shows over crowds of people - I recall that many years ago you and me even banged heads over that, at least I think it was you. I attacked these shows, you said they are spectacular. Ramstein, anyone? Such shows are what I would call insane risks and no gains, since they put others at risk. But all and everybody is applauding.
The free climber in the mountain wall, Baumgartner in the Stratosphere, or now this jumper at least do not ramstein anyone else than themselves, if things go wrong.
I could even say that sending a man on Mars also is insane. One mistake, one broken chip worth ten cents - and mission over.