I'm not going to pretend like I know the answer here, but my gut tells me that this is sort of like accepting the risk of smoking but not accepting the risk of

I'm not going to pretend like I know the answer here, but my gut tells me that this is sort of like accepting the risk of smoking but not accepting the risk of sky-diving. Smoking will almost certainly kill you in the long-run, but there is a rare chance that you might explode into a fine red mist moments after you jump if your chute doesn't unravel. We worry about rare acute disaster, but ignore slow but certain disaster.