Although I think it's irrational to be afraid of flying, I disagree with your example. I was under the impression that many people had the tendency to just igno

Although I think it's irrational to be afraid of flying, I disagree with your example. I was under the impression that many people had the tendency to just ignore the possibility of terrible things happening, as in the black swan theory. Perhaps nuclear power was safer than cars till now, but in my opinion it has the potential to be a lot deadlier if something really wrong happen (and Fukushima didn't happen in a 3rd world country with terrible infrastructures, how would it be if there were nuclear power plants everywhere in every country, no matter how corrupt it is?), so I find it rational to be more terrified of it than of cars. But it's also a question of benefits, you can arguably replace a nuclear power plant with whatever technology you prefer, a car is harder to replace I think.