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Calling people whose fears don't match the facts 'irrational' ignores mountains of evidence that risk perception is not, and can never be, a purely fact-based rational process. Affective risk perception, a mix of facts and how those facts feel, CAN lead to dangerous jugments. Getting risk wrong can be risky. But calling people who make such judgments "irrational' is a lousy way to get them to think about things more carefully Read More
nice response to Slate article
Yes, preferences are subjective, so the government cannot set a single number of vaccinations, or a speed limit, that is optimal for everyone. But there is more to the raw milk thing. You say that with genetic techniques, there is more of the same milk. Actually that's not true because more milk per cow at unnatural production amounts cause more stress on the animal, more illness, more antibiotics, and more white blood cells, so the milk quality is reduced. People have a preference for traditional methods because they produce higher quality.
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Risk tolerance is not the same as "rationality"
Having a higher or lower tolerance for risk has less to do with rationality than it does with people's error in estimating their actual risk appetite, and the likelihood of certain "risks" coming to fruition.
Credibility is a big part of it
... and sadly, this article doesn't have it, as it has outright factual errors. THAT is why people don't trust "authorities" who tell them everything is okay.
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