
40. The Suicide Paradox
Freakonomics Radio
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The Suicidal Impulse
The time between the impulse and the act was something like five seconds. Leicester says there's so much disagreement on this question that estimates range from five % to 94%. One academic study looked at attempted suicides in houston among 15 to 34 year olds. For about a quarter of the people involved, the time gap was five minutes or less. It's pretty stunning. People are making a permanent decision to end their lives on the spur of the moment. How are you supposed to stop that? Remember, this guy pansa po ma ha, supa po he didn't try to stop his taxi passenger from jumping. You're not going top me. I said, why should i? Sounds pretty
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