It's about calculating risk and taking responsibility for that risk. Every person does it for themselves. You only soldier on if the predicted payoff is big en

It's about calculating risk and taking responsibility for that risk. Every person does it for themselves. You only soldier on if the predicted payoff is big enough, or if the estimated risk is small enough, or if you simply ignore the process altogether. It's his life, his exposure to danger so he can fuss as much as he wants. This kind of comment really betrays a sort of pre-scientific defeatism. Just because you can die in stupid ways does not mean you should die in stupid ways.