02-18-2026, 11:13 PM
I'll take a 1,000 Estrada Lopez's as my next door neighbors hands down before I'd even think of just ONE …
And you’d most likely be 1000 times safer.
There’s an excellent book that explains how and why humans are so bad in risk assessment. We minimize some factors and exaggerate other details leading to faulty conclusions, especially when making snap judgments (a survival mechanism from early human existence). Now, add to that people who watch a news channel all day with incorrect and flawed information, and it only gets worse.
The book is:
Thinking Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
And you’d most likely be 1000 times safer.
There’s an excellent book that explains how and why humans are so bad in risk assessment. We minimize some factors and exaggerate other details leading to faulty conclusions, especially when making snap judgments (a survival mechanism from early human existence). Now, add to that people who watch a news channel all day with incorrect and flawed information, and it only gets worse.
The book is:
Thinking Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman