On Aug 8, 9:25=A0am, "Michael J. Mahon"  wrote:

> > I find it staggering that anyone would consider the "illusion of
> > safety" to have any value, sans the PR reps of airlines, and perhaps
> > the odd insurance company...
>
> Never underestimate how much the average person misperceives risks...

The immediacy fallacy... All people (regardless of intelligence) have
a tendency to overvalue facts they acquired recently. Oddly, it's been
a long time since psychologists showed this to be fundamentally true,
yet the vast majority of people are oblivious to it. And aren't the
media organisations of the world just loving it :-)

> These are the same people who wear magnets to prevent arthritis and
> cross the street while talking on their cellphones to save time. =A0;-)
> Heck, some of them even talk to their magnets!

Yeah well... A great number of people are convinced that the stars of
all things talk to them, and can predict the future. By comparison,
therapeutic magnets seem almost plausible ;-)

Matt
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