Sure, it's not a perfect metaphor since you can burn yourself with high-energy light too. My point is more that it's a urban myth that we thought X-Rays were h

Sure, it's not a perfect metaphor since you can burn yourself with high-energy light too. My point is more that it's a urban myth that we thought X-Rays were harmless in the 50's. We just had a bad understanding of the risk vectors & built a bad risk model.