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Fear of (climate) change

There’s an argument taking place at the Climate Ark.

This guy’s daughter gets scared by climate change, so he goes ranting against scientists in the comments there. I had a bit of compassion for the guy’s hot-headed reaction until I read his second comment. Sadly, many people think like him.

Statistics show that you are far more likely to die in a car accident or by a heart-attack. But we have no idea what the probability of a terrorist attack is, and that frightens us

Colin Camerer on our fear of terrorism