In the car case I think it’s obvious that car usage is not causally upstream of suicidality. If the inventor of the car died in a car accident, I do think that would be a relevant data point about the safety of cars, albeit not one that needs to be brought up every time. And in the real world, we do pretty universally talk about car crashes and how to avoid them when we’re teaching people to drive. From that perspective romeosteven’s comment is probably better and mine just got more upvotes because of the lurid details. (although, tail risks are important. And I think there’s a way in which the author’s personality can get imprinted in a text which makes the anecdote slightly more relevant than in the car case)
In the car case I think it’s obvious that car usage is not causally upstream of suicidality. If the inventor of the car died in a car accident, I do think that would be a relevant data point about the safety of cars, albeit not one that needs to be brought up every time. And in the real world, we do pretty universally talk about car crashes and how to avoid them when we’re teaching people to drive. From that perspective romeosteven’s comment is probably better and mine just got more upvotes because of the lurid details. (although, tail risks are important. And I think there’s a way in which the author’s personality can get imprinted in a text which makes the anecdote slightly more relevant than in the car case)