The Darwin Awards: sex differences in idiotic behaviour

[birdwatcher]

Abstract. Sex differences in risk seeking behaviour, emergency hospital admissions, and mortality are well documented. However, little is known about sex differences in idiotic risk taking behaviour.

Comments

[phyloxena.livejournal.com]

Define idiotic and taking vs seeking.

[lxe]

Там есть определение idiotic - "where the apparent payoff is negligible and the outcome is extremely negative and often final".

[phyloxena.livejournal.com]

Остается вопрос, чем отличается рискованное поведение от провокативного (впрочем, эта сторона дела в статье не рассматривается)