I agree, and my reply was also unnecessarily flippant. Historically speaking, we don't have a good tack record of assessing infrequent but catastrophic risk ve

I agree, and my reply was also unnecessarily flippant. Historically speaking, we don't have a good tack record of assessing infrequent but catastrophic risk versus consistent but small reward. As a society we tend to consistently choose the latter. Then try to retroactively reduce probability of catastrophic failure.