tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294296041883029217.post2169736199052145370..comments2023-10-01T03:44:27.443-06:00Comments on Prepare to be Wrong: ArmageddonSolfesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12600177979199165880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294296041883029217.post-48883107836136521232009-11-09T16:48:16.346-07:002009-11-09T16:48:16.346-07:00We are emotional beings. Hence trading is rather h...We are emotional beings. Hence trading is rather hard.<br /><br />If someone in my family were to die from health complications and the flu it would change my perception of the issue.<br /><br />The risks would not have changed but my perception of them would.<br /><br />Ah humans, at least we're cuddly.<br /><br />Well, most of us.Solfesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600177979199165880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294296041883029217.post-26886961709108405982009-11-09T16:35:31.236-07:002009-11-09T16:35:31.236-07:00I almost kept silent because I am not sure I can t...I almost kept silent because I am not sure I can take more ridiculing about the degree to which we agree. But I couldn't...<br /><br />You are spot on with this. A perfect illustration is that in the UK anyone who has any contact with kids, e.g. drives them to an after-school club, is now going to have to undergo a criminal records check to make sure they aren't a convicted predatory paedo.<br /><br />They are of course at much greater risk of being killed by getting a lift with an inattentive driver. <br /><br />We have an easily biased view of risk, and the media is all too ready to skew the bias further.<br /><br />Swine flu is just another example. TV news crews were camped outside a hospital where a pregant woman (tragically) was fighting for her life with swine flu. They have yet to take the same interest in any women with preclampsia etc.<br /><br />I'll shut up now, you touched a nerve, which is in some small way a compliment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com