"Only 10 deaths a year from sharks! Dogs, toasters and chairs are way more dangerous." True, in the absolute sense. But most people spend orders of magnitude mo

"Only 10 deaths a year from sharks! Dogs, toasters and chairs are way more dangerous." True, in the absolute sense. But most people spend orders of magnitude more time in their kitchen with their dog than swimming with sharks! Is there a name for this fallacy? Risk assessment must consider exposure, ie deaths per hour. If we hung out with sharks as often as we do with dogs, the story would be much different.