Why We Fear Ourselves More than Asteroids(2)# Astronomy - 天文
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Not in my lifetime
A decade ago, Slovic and some colleagues conducted a test. They provided a
group of university students with information about the threat from beyond,
explaining that a giant asteroid was thought to have killed off the dinosaurs,
and others would surely hit the planet at statistically determined intervals.
Then they surveyed the students to determine how they assessed the risk. The
students recognized the threat, but chose not to worry about it.
"They're expectation was, well,
A decade ago, Slovic and some colleagues conducted a test. They provided a
group of university students with information about the threat from beyond,
explaining that a giant asteroid was thought to have killed off the dinosaurs,
and others would surely hit the planet at statistically determined intervals.
Then they surveyed the students to determine how they assessed the risk. The
students recognized the threat, but chose not to worry about it.
"They're expectation was, well,