That Daily Shower Can Be a Killer

An interesting reminder that we're just not very good at assessing risk: That Daily Shower Can Be a Killer.

We exaggerate the risks of events that are beyond our control, that cause many deaths at once or that kill in spectacular ways — crazy gunmen, terrorists, plane crashes, nuclear radiation, genetically modified crops. At the same time, we underestimate the risks of events that we can control ('That would never happen to me — I’m careful') and of events that kill just one person in a mundane way.