[extropy-chat] Fear of flying

[Dan Clemmensen]

kevinfreels.com wrote

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>  
> OK. I guess I am done with my rant. Lies, damned lies, and statistics. 
> I know. But since I can't shake the fear, I might as well analyze it. :-)
>  

Hey Kevin. I must have been pretty hard for a control freak such as 
yourself to post that message to the extropy list.
Kudos to you for bravery. (since e-mail cannot convey emotion: this is 
sincere, not sarcasm. Honest.)

Just a question: how well do you handle being a front-seat passenger in 
a car? this is effectively equivalent to being
a passenger in an airliner. except that it is statistically much more 
dangerous.

If you can deal with being a car passenger, how do you do it? can you 
use the same coping mechanisms for air travel?

You are a control freak. Don't apologize for this: you were born that 
way., and there is nothing wrong with it.
Non-control-freaks cannot really empathize with your situation, so we 
cannot really help.