If crime rates are rising, how come I didn’t get mugged today?

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P.S. from Grist’s Russ Walker: Given the example above, it’s not hard to see why so many Americans don’t believe human activities are causing global warming. Some grim polling data here from Rasmussen (though the survey questions aren’t exactly written in such a way to reflect the true complexity of the issue…)

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