It doesn't matter what the probabilities are when the stakes are high: - 1% chance of living the rest of your life in mind numbing pain - 50% chance of having

It doesn't matter what the probabilities are when the stakes are high: - 1% chance of living the rest of your life in mind numbing pain - 50% chance of having to remove that pesky wisdom tooth (numbers pulled out of thin air) In the first case, I'd really really think about it hard and deep, and question myself if it's really that necessary; in the second, meh, worst case I lose a wisdom tooth.