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Question

Do most people measure risk through facts or through their fears?

best answer 10 points.

Answer 1

personal fears.

I smoke and I know all the risks, and then some. (my dad's a doctor and I started smoking when I was 15.) I know the facts from school and still do it. I have slight fears of getting sick later on in life, but not much.

I'm afraid of going too fast on a 4-wheeler. This is from personal fear. I've been in many many car accidents and it kind of reminds me of being out of control in a car. I still enjoy it, but not a high speeds. This is from personal fear.

I would love to go parachuting. I'm afraid of heights, but that far up it doesnt really matter anymore. I know the facts of the risks.

It all depends i guess. But I think fear is stronger than facts.

Answer 2

How should I measue the risk of walking a tight rope?

I think the facts rather than my fears should be used to measure the risk. Here's why:

If I fear walking a tight rope because I know for a fact that I have a poor sense of balance, then, I think the fact (that I have a poor sense of balance) would be used to measure risk. And, of course, the risk would be very high.

If I don't fear walking the tight rope because I have an exceptionally good sense of balance, then, I think that the fact (that I have an exceptionally good sence of balance) would be used to measure the risk. And, of course, the risk would be very low.

If I don't know the facts (don't know whether I have a good or bad sense of balance) I wouldn't be able to accurately measure the risk, and would most likely opt to consider the risk to be high (just out of fear), when in fact the risk can be either high or low based on the facts (if I have them). I think this indicates that you need facts to measure risk.

Do you agree, or does doing so seem a little risky?

Answer 3

this is a good question... i think it's really a little of both... people fear the facts. ex: one might fear getting into a car accident and feel that driving in general is a risk when it has been proven that u r, let's just make up a number, 80% likely to get into a car crash. I'd say for most people though, they measure risk taking thru fear b/c often ppl are blinded by fear and don't take time to really look at stats and facts and analyze whether their fear is justified and whether their "risk" is really a risk. My sister is scared of riding roller coasters b/c she's afraid they'll break down or crash or something will happen and she will die. she blatantly disregards the fact that she is more likely to die on her way to the theme park than on a ride AT the theme park. I hope this makes sense.

Answer 4

Through their fears, but those fears are stoked by how specific things are represented, especially in the media. Take school shootings. Everybody is in an uproar and willing to back all kinds of security measures and laws for what is actually a rare event. But a school age child is much, much more likely to die in a motor vehicle. You must admit, we have a ho-hum attitude toward the latter. Familiarity also plays a role. We're more familiar with the car, so we feel safer. Even while the student is more likely to die in a car accident after school than to be killed by a school shooting.

Answer 5

Fears

Answer 6

When I measure risk in my mind, I weigh both my own fears and the pure facts of the danger that may happen. I also take into consideration the chances of that danger occuring.

Answer 7

I measure risk by the facts and fears. If a bridge is rotted in places will I dare cross it ?
Yes after examining the ways across the gorge I will cross the bridge in a timly maner to alevate all the risk and casusely due to the fear of it falling.

Answer 8

I would say facts. Fears keeps us from doing risks.

Answer 9

both. when a person is judging a risk (whether deciding to take it or just plain judging it) both fears and facts play in to the measurement of it. there's no way to ignore one or the other. no way at all

Answer 10

In Iraq we measure risk threw facts. But when you see your buddy's go, those facts become fears. When you become those facts, there is nothing left, but fear.