Vice versa, people overestimating risk is likely what leads to them people being excessively scared of things that are relatively harmless. The Wiki page on mic

Vice versa, people overestimating risk is likely what leads to them people being excessively scared of things that are relatively harmless. The Wiki page on micromorts [1] is pretty informative. A micromort is something that has a 1 in a million chance of fatality. One skydive exposes you to about 8 micromorts of risk. That's about the same risk as 80 miles of bicycling, 1900 miles of driving, or a bit less than your chance of being murdered in England within a year. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort