Statistics is incredibly hard and unintuitive, and if you understand statistics, it might be hard to understand that the majority of people absolutely don't. I

Statistics is incredibly hard and unintuitive, and if you understand statistics, it might be hard to understand that the majority of people absolutely don't. I get that if all cars were self-driving, and the error rate of the self-driving system was half of the average human error rate, it would be better for humanity. But if the errors of those self-driving cars would be obviously avoidable for a human, the absolute majority of people would never ever ever in a million years trust that system. It's a complete fucking no-go. Most people would much rather take shittier odds, if the failures are human, than better odds, but where the failures are alien and bizarre. Most people would automatically think that that risk is worse. I would probably too, even though I understand the statistics. It's the same reason people are afraid of flying, even though it's much, much safer than driving a car.