You're missing the key point of my message. It's not rational to expect fear to be an unbiased estimator of risk. If you regard fear as a motivation, then it w

You're missing the key point of my message. It's not rational to expect fear to be an unbiased estimator of risk. If you regard fear as a motivation, then it would be irrational to ignore factors other than risk. And that means that merely stating that things are not very risky is not a valid basis for concluding that it is irrational to fear them.