14 minutes ago, swansont said:

Just because something is not personally experienced by you in no way impacts the truth or validity of others’ experiences. And being a statistical argument, it means that you are looking at the total effect of all events.

Strangely, every person I ever talked to who had cancer was alive when I talked to them. Based this experience I can apparently conclude that cancer is rather benign.

3 hours ago, CharonY said:

Strangely, every person I ever talked to who had cancer was alive when I talked to them. Based this experience I can apparently conclude that cancer is rather benign.

Yup. I’ve never had cancer, ergo it’s no big deal

On 8/25/2025 at 4:38 PM, zapatos said:

It's been my experience that talking on the phone vs talking to a passenger seems much different. In trying to decide why it felt that way to me I concluded it is because the person on the phone is not sharing the driving experience with me and can distract me by continuing to talk when I need to concentrate on driving. A person in the car with me recognizes when I am dealing with a situation that requires my full attention, and thus quits talking for a moment.

If you are talking to a passenger and driving, you can say 'be quiet for a moment' if the situation demands it, so you are able to focus on driving or other drivers.