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I've made bike commutes in those temperatures, and yeah, I would say it's dangerous and most people shouldn't do that unless they've got some kind of fully enclosed, motorized bike with active heating.
It is worth noting that with proper winter gear, since biking is more physically demanding than driving, it is possible and likely that most winter bike rides will cause you to generate enough of your own body heat that you might actually feel the need to remove your jacket. At negative 40? Absolutely not. But I've done so at temperatures as low as zero.
And to be fair, you shouldn't be expected to drive at temps as low as negative 40 either. If you've got a long car commute and your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, you are dead. At least with a bike-centric lifestyle it pressures you to prefer jobs that are closer to home, so it might actually be less dangerous.