Risk · Pablo Stafforini

Patricia Highsmith 2

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

But what had he said about risks? Risks were what made the whole thing fun.

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indifference principle

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Once we acknowledge the risk/uncertainty distinction, it is natural to think that our default state is uncertainty. Getting to a position where we can legitimately treat a proposition as risky is a cognitive achievement. Traditional indifference principles fail because they trivialise this achievement.

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irrationality

Mon, 08 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Why do we fear the wrong things? Why do so many smokers (whose habit shortens their lives, on average, by about five years) fret before flying (which, averaged across people, shortens life by one day)?

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