3rd February 2003, 9:50 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/04/health...4PSYC.html
Good New York Times article about the human reaction to death -- how the astronauts dying gets a bigger reaction than other things because it has a real face on it and has big symbolic value... it also says that people attach more meaning to things when they have a name -- more nameless dead people mean less than fewer ones who are recognisable... the article isn't anything really new but its interesting. Only problem? You've got to be registered at the NYT site to read it... free, though. I'd post it, but its way too long to do that, and its not THAT hard to sign up. If you care about reading it that is.
Good New York Times article about the human reaction to death -- how the astronauts dying gets a bigger reaction than other things because it has a real face on it and has big symbolic value... it also says that people attach more meaning to things when they have a name -- more nameless dead people mean less than fewer ones who are recognisable... the article isn't anything really new but its interesting. Only problem? You've got to be registered at the NYT site to read it... free, though. I'd post it, but its way too long to do that, and its not THAT hard to sign up. If you care about reading it that is.
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