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Are violent video games a better explanation of school shootings than access to guns?

asked Feb 19, 2018 at 14:22

99 votes

3 answers

23k views

Are Americans more likely to be killed by vending machines than terrorist refugees?

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asked Jan 31, 2017 at 10:33

88 votes

2 answers

19k views

Did toddlers with guns claim more American lives than terrorism in 2015?

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asked May 8, 2016 at 10:25

83 votes

1 answer

17k views

Are female surgeons less likely to kill you?

medical-science mortality surgery

asked Oct 12, 2017 at 11:00

81 votes

2 answers

11k views

Does fossil fuels use since 1990 account for half of all the fossil fuels used in history?

economics fossil-fuel

asked Aug 12, 2019 at 12:54

74 votes

6 answers

8k views

Did the National Rifle Association (NRA) block research into statistics related to gun control?

united-states politics guns

asked Mar 31, 2013 at 21:24

66 votes

2 answers

10k views

Do the majority of doctors in the USA support hydroxychloroquine use for covid-19?

medical-science covid-19 medications media

asked Aug 14, 2020 at 10:12

64 votes

8 answers

21k views

Was the German V2 rocket the only weapon whose production killed more than its use?

history world-war-ii weapons

asked Oct 9, 2018 at 14:49

59 votes

4 answers

14k views

Have we wiped out 60% of vertebrate populations since 1970?

zoology environment

asked Oct 30, 2018 at 11:18

57 votes

3 answers

13k views

Are right-wing extremists a bigger terrorist threat than islamic extremists in the USA?

united-states terrorism

asked Apr 24, 2017 at 9:39

53 votes

3 answers

6k views

Has the distribution of income and wealth in the USA got much more skewed towards the rich in the last 4 decades?

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asked Apr 1, 2021 at 17:08

44 votes

1 answer

9k views

Did Oppenheimer quote the Bhagavad Gita after the Trinity test?

quotes nuclear-weapons

asked Jan 10 at 19:26

44 votes

1 answer

8k views

Is austerity in the UK responsible for "120,000" extra deaths?

economics mortality united-kingdom public-health

asked Nov 16, 2017 at 16:38

43 votes

1 answer

8k views

Is "Earth Overshoot Day" a useful or reliable metric of humanity's effect on the world?

economics environment earth ecology

asked Jul 23, 2018 at 11:36

39 votes

3 answers

4k views

Is Matt Ridley's assertion that the most extreme of the IPCC climate projections is based on very implausible assumptions correct?

climate-change forecasting

asked Jun 22, 2014 at 13:36

38 votes

1 answer

7k views

Does mortality fall when doctors go on strike?

medical-science mortality

asked Sep 30, 2017 at 16:51

38 votes

2 answers

7k views

Is Leicester City winning the English Football premiership the most improbable single event in betting history?

sport gambling

asked May 4, 2016 at 14:08

35 votes

4 answers

4k views

Is more than 30% of US healthcare spending waste?

united-states economics healthcare

asked Jul 3, 2012 at 13:43

34 votes

1 answer

3k views

Was the wild west less violent than the current west?

united-states history criminology government violence

asked Oct 9, 2015 at 12:33

34 votes

1 answer

4k views

Is the placebo effect getting stronger?

medical-science psychology epidemiology placebo

asked Dec 16, 2015 at 20:15

33 votes

3 answers

3k views

Are fully automatic firearms very hard for civilians to obtain in the USA?

united-states law guns

asked Oct 2, 2017 at 17:56

32 votes

1 answer

2k views

Can oral sex cause throat cancer?

sexuality cancer epidemiology

asked Jun 4, 2013 at 19:38

31 votes

7 answers

5k views

Is it accurate to say that 97% of experts agree that global warming is anthropogenic?

climate-change sociology climatology

asked May 18, 2013 at 17:44

29 votes

1 answer

1k views

Does a tidy desk make you more productive than a messy one?

productivity

asked Nov 10, 2011 at 17:15

27 votes

1 answer

7k views

Did only a handful of people in Europe know how to do division before the 13th century?

history mathematics

asked Feb 24, 2013 at 22:36

27 votes

1 answer

5k views

Does Susan Crockford have any scientific credentials related to polar bears?

climate-change scientific-papers

asked Dec 27, 2017 at 12:24

26 votes

1 answer

7k views

Would the median household income in the USA be $140K and mean net worth $800K if wealth were evenly distributed

united-states economics demographics

asked Mar 31, 2021 at 21:03

25 votes

2 answers

4k views

Have one in ten women suffered rape in the UK?

criminology sociology sexual-abuse

asked Mar 14, 2012 at 12:35

24 votes

1 answer

2k views

Does abstinence-only sex education reduce the frequency of teenage sex or the rate of teenage pregnancy?

sexuality education

asked Feb 14, 2012 at 23:41

24 votes

2 answers

8k views

Are big cars and SUVs safer than small cars or do they just feel safer?

road-vehicles safety road

asked Oct 23, 2011 at 21:50

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254 Questions

Are violent video games a better explanation of school shootings than access to guns?

Are Americans more likely to be killed by vending machines than terrorist refugees?

Did toddlers with guns claim more American lives than terrorism in 2015?

Are female surgeons less likely to kill you?

Does fossil fuels use since 1990 account for half of all the fossil fuels used in history?

Did the National Rifle Association (NRA) block research into statistics related to gun control?

Do the majority of doctors in the USA support hydroxychloroquine use for covid-19?

Was the German V2 rocket the only weapon whose production killed more than its use?

Have we wiped out 60% of vertebrate populations since 1970?

Are right-wing extremists a bigger terrorist threat than islamic extremists in the USA?

Has the distribution of income and wealth in the USA got much more skewed towards the rich in the last 4 decades?

Did Oppenheimer quote the Bhagavad Gita after the Trinity test?

Is austerity in the UK responsible for "120,000" extra deaths?

Is "Earth Overshoot Day" a useful or reliable metric of humanity's effect on the world?

Is Matt Ridley's assertion that the most extreme of the IPCC climate projections is based on very implausible assumptions correct?

Does mortality fall when doctors go on strike?

Is Leicester City winning the English Football premiership the most improbable single event in betting history?

Is more than 30% of US healthcare spending waste?

Was the wild west less violent than the current west?

Is the placebo effect getting stronger?

Are fully automatic firearms very hard for civilians to obtain in the USA?

Can oral sex cause throat cancer?

Is it accurate to say that 97% of experts agree that global warming is anthropogenic?

Does a tidy desk make you more productive than a messy one?

Did only a handful of people in Europe know how to do division before the 13th century?

Does Susan Crockford have any scientific credentials related to polar bears?

Would the median household income in the USA be $140K and mean net worth $800K if wealth were evenly distributed

Have one in ten women suffered rape in the UK?

Does abstinence-only sex education reduce the frequency of teenage sex or the rate of teenage pregnancy?

Are big cars and SUVs safer than small cars or do they just feel safer?