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> I understand probabilities but still more than 0% is a huge risk just for visiting a country. This is a logic driven community, but this statement is 100% em
by cj 2y ago
> I understand probabilities but still more than 0% is a huge risk just for visiting a country.
This is a logic driven community, but this statement is 100% emotionally driven. (E.g. you understand it's extremely unlikely, but you don't feel comfortable still)
There's nothing wrong with making emotionally-driven decisions, but there's also very little anyone else can say (or at least no stats, no probabilities, no logic based reason) to make you feel differently about the chance of improbable events occurring.
- sph 2y agoI don't know about you, but most of us are human. Rational or not, we do not routinely do cost-benefit analysis for each of our actions and choices. In fact, in human matters, relying purely on logic means ignoring the fuzzy, analog decision system called instinct and gut feeling, which has served us very well historically. Since the benefits of going to the US or not are relative, not purely right or wrong, there is no incorrect choice; gut feeling is good enough and takes much less effort.
- Palomides 2y agothat's a disingenuous argument, ignoring emotions is not a rational way to make decisions if one will be too afraid of gun violence to enjoy a US vacation, the rational choice is to go somewhere else that said, the rational choice for, say, an agoraphobe is not "never go outside"
- Gigablah 2y ago> This is a logic driven community Without evidence, that’s an emotional claim.