Like young men from the dawn of time, I decided to choose the risk of death over certain humiliation. — Ben Aaronovitch

Was it better to die in the illusion of sunshine and warmth or face death in a cold darkness of reality? Was it better to die in happy ignorance or terrified knowledge? The answer, if you’re a Londoner, is that it’s better not to die at all.

As Conan the Barbarian famously said, “That which does not kill us does not kill us.”

Low sample size—one of the reasons why magic and science are hard to reconcile.