Dr. David Allison

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That's an interesting statement.

So when I got out of the car today and walked into your area here, there's some risk I could have been hit by a bus.

Very low.

And so I made the judgment that it's safe to get out of the car and walk across the street.

But it wasn't zero.

It was my social judgment that that risk was so low as to not be worth thinking about.

But somebody else might feel differently.

That's a social judgment.

Risk is a scientific concept.

Risk is probability, long range frequency.

Safety is a social judgment.

So- Interesting.

I've never- Is it safe to go on a plane, to hang glide, to ride a bicycle, to ride a bicycle without a helmet, to get a vaccine?

These are social judgments.

I think the important thing, if one wants to be sort of rational and

Well, the first question is do you need to be rational and scientific about it?

I'm not going to be right about that.

You know, the Nobel laureate who's now deceased, Danny Kahneman, talked about this in his book, Thinking Fast and Slow.

And he said, you know, he talks about regret.

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