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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (100170)2/13/2005 4:05:46 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (4) of 793640
 
Thanks for the heads-up on the Crichton presentation.

Crichton made a couple of points that I particularly appreciated since they supported hobby horses of mine, mentioned here before.

One was the the public's inability to be rational about risk. He used the term "cognitive illusion" regarding the demand of people and their willingness to overpay for 100 percent safety as opposed to, say 90 percent safety. I've mentioned this often in connection with terrorism risk.

The other one is the element of the policy process where you're supposed to decide whether to prevent or adapt. I've argued here for the adaptation approach on global warming. Most people who are attentive to the issue fall into two groups--those who are frantic to prevent it and those who deny it.
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