Life might be dangerous

Here’s a good quote about risk from The Science of Fear by Daniel Gardner:

“If an independent thinker really wishes to form entirely independent judgements about the risks we face in daily life, or even just those we hear about in the news, he or she will have to obtain multiple university degrees, quit his or her job, and do absolutely nothing but read about all the ways he or she may die until he or she actually is dead.
Most people would find that somewhat impractical.”