“But they’re only anecdotally alive, yes?“
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BINGO. Yes, they are not alive in a random, placebo controlled clinical study so we should ignore this story. /s
Actually parachutes have never been proven to work! To prove they work would need a randomized control group with parachutes that were packed in a manner they would not open!
There were no volunteers for the control group.
Thus it should be noted that the thousands of lives parachutes have saved is only anecdotal.