[ExI] odds and psychology

[William Flynn Wallace]

Here is what you guys are not getting:  after 9/11 thousands of people died
because they drove instead of flying.  The odds meant nothing to them.
 Planes meant terrorists.  And let's face it:  you are off the ground -
crash and goodbye.

Tornados are extremely scary things.  Again, odds are not the story - scary
is the story - death, total destruction, etc.

In any case, people do not understand odds, as we all know and have known
for quite a while.  No one on this list is comparable to the average
person, so quit putting yourself in their shoes and start thinking about
odds.

bill w

bill w
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