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I would count the number of people who have died because of Chernobyl like this: the number of people who have died because of Chernobyl.


I'd imagine that's incalculable.

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YES! I was waiting for someone to say that

I mean this in a friendly way but you can be such an arse sometimes Bratty.

This appears to be Bratty's own attempt at playing QI on the forum. That suggests to me that he's a slightly overweight homosexual.

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This appears to be Bratty's own attempt at playing QI on the forum. That suggests to me that he's a slightly overweight homosexual.

That sounds eccentric.

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everyone on this forum is overweight compared to me ;)

dunno where the homosexual idea came from, those creatures are scary

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ProfessorF wrote:
leeds_manc wrote:
I would count the number of people who have died because of Chernobyl like this: the number of people who have died because of Chernobyl.


I'd imagine that's incalculable.

It's probably Impossible to say if any given person at this point dies of aftereffects but it's possible to compare death rates compared to the norm. Then you can look at the difference compared to sample size and there are calculations that will tell you how likely it is that the difference is due to random chance. Generally speaking scientists say if it's less than 5% likely that it is by chance then that's considered causal.

So you can't say if this bloke was killed by Chernobyl, but you probably can say that x extra people died and it's very unlikely it was not caused by Cherynobyl.


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It's a town in Russia. It's been abandoned since the nuclear power plant blew up something over 10 years ago. They do tours - you'd probably love it.


YES! I was waiting for someone to say that, Chernobyl is not actually a town or any place, its the name of the reactor IIRC? PRIPYAT is the actual name/place of disaster ;) yet nearly EVERYONE thinks the place is called "Chernobyl" :lol:

I bet noone really knows what Chernobyl really stands for ;)

LOL thanks for explaining - I was talking to KW earlier about this thread, and we were debating why you asked. Figured it was the sort of thing you'd know about, so it must be a social experiment of some kind that you like doing. He said he didn't think Chernobyl was a town, I said it must be because I saw the abandoned houses on a video. I guess I was wrong :lol:

So what does Chernobyl really stand for?

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I bet noone really knows what Chernobyl really stands for

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I bet Chernobyl was a conspiracy, by aliens.


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leeds_manc wrote:
I bet Chernobyl was a conspiracy, by aliens.


I think your wrong, by a long shot :(

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I don't think he was being entirely serious ;) .

I'm a firm fan of Hanlon's razor - "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."


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is this normal? got an ebay order through post and to my delight it came with the big bubble wrapping so in OCD fashion I spent ages popping all the bubbles til my disgust there was none left to pop :(

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brataccas wrote:
is this normal?

Mind numbingly so.

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It's a town in Russia. It's been abandoned since the nuclear power plant blew up something over 10 years ago. They do tours - you'd probably love it.


YES! I was waiting for someone to say that, Chernobyl is not actually a town or any place, its the name of the reactor IIRC? PRIPYAT is the actual name/place of disaster ;) yet nearly EVERYONE thinks the place is called "Chernobyl" :lol:

I bet noone really knows what Chernobyl really stands for ;)

Some corrections:

  1. It's in Ukraine, not Russia
  2. It's spelled Chornobyl
  3. Chornobyl is a city
  4. Chornobyl is also the name of a district
  5. The name of the reactor was actually the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Station. The name "Chornobyl" was applied after the disaster
  6. It was constructed to serve the city of Chornobyl and the surrounding area
  7. Prip'yat is the name of the nearest city which was constructed to house the power station workers and their families
  8. Chornobyl is also the name of the massive military radar station a few miles away...

  9. so Chornobyl is not only the name of the power station but several other places besides

If you're going to try being a clever dick, you also need to be correct ;)

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I bet noone really knows what Chernobyl really stands for

If you're going to try being a clever dick, you also need to be correct ;)

That's bratty told! :lol:

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theres a language that spells it beginning with a t also 8-)

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