[ExI] rip outlaw poet

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 at 12:37, John Grigg via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> And so he was in agonizing pain for days, but did nothing,, due to the
> fear of catching Covid? How could someone so smart, be so stupid? How sad
> and what a waste...
>

The risk of dying from established appendicitis is much greater than the
risk of catching and dying from COVID in hospital, but some people just
don’t understand and can’t weigh probabilities. It is a kind of cognitive
deficit.

> --
Stathis Papaioannou
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