alt Hacker NewsAmusement parks are slightly more systematic about trying their best to not kill people than "let's see what happens if people interact with this known-deadly machine when we remove the part that makes it less deadly (i.e. the grounding)".
Amusement parks are slightly more systematic about trying their best to not kill people than "let's see what happens if people interact with this known-deadly machine when we remove the part that makes it less deadly (i.e. the grounding)".
It's just a difference is scale of risk. For something closer: base jumping is still popular, no-harness climbing of tall buildings is still a thing on YouTube, crazy Russian groups still do pull-ups on construction cranes.