A sociology professor at Upland Downs University has published a working paper arguing that terrorism saves lives. Gerald Singhe, the researcher in question, compared cities that experienced a significant terror attack with demographically similar municipalities that didn’t. He found lower murder rates, traffic deaths, and suicides in the cities that experienced terror in the year following an attack. “I call it the terror-wellbeing multiplier,” he says. “For each death in a terror attack, we see 1.5 to 2 lives saved due to increased law enforcement, lower travel rates, and other factors.” His most controversial argument is that people interested in protecting their hometowns should plan and attempt to carry out terror attacks, while terrorists should try to stop them. “I haven’t proved that empirically yet,” he admits.