langst: You may think this illuminated map created by BBC is stunning at first, but once you realize that this tragic image displays the location of 2,396,750 road crashes in Great Britain from 1999 to 2010, your delight will quickly fade away. Each light point is an individual collision which resulted in a casualty. The intensity of brightness shows where collisions are more frequent. This image is beautiful (stunning is a bit of a stretch) regardless of what data it represents, and my delight with it is intact.  I have no illusions about the danger living life poses upon humans.  Does that make me a realist?
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You may think this illuminated map created by BBC is stunning at first, but once you realize that this tragic image displays the location of 2,396,750 road crashes in Great Britain from 1999 to 2010, your delight will quickly fade away. Each light point is an individual collision which resulted in a casualty. The intensity of brightness shows where collisions are more frequent.

This image is beautiful (stunning is a bit of a stretch) regardless of what data it represents, and my delight with it is intact.  I have no illusions about the danger living life poses upon humans.  Does that make me a realist?

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