I would say that it is the fault of a system which boils a complicated issue and set of tradeoffs down to a handful of yes or no questions. That's almost always going to produce results that are… (View Post)

If you're frying your sushi you're doing something wrong... (View Post)

Agreed entirely, but the government proposal as described in that article seems unlikely to help. They want laws that will address the highly unlikely case of causing death or injury by dangerous dri… (View Post)

Yes; in general people are terrible at assessing risk and don't approach it from a perspective of assessing risks impartially and statistically in each area of their life. We overestimate risks … (View Post)

I think that misses out a significant factor -- what are the other people, and especially your immediate boss, like? An otherwise mundane job with a group of friendly people who all get along can be … (View Post)