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From: jonw@eros.UUCP (Jon White)
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Subject: Re: Living with the "nightmare" of ...
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Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 00:26:18 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  4 00:26:18 1985
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>> neuclear war? cancer? heartattack? car accident?  These are listed in
>> reverse order of proven, statistical likelyhood.  It would make sense 
>> to worry about them in proportion to their likelyhood, especially since
>> you have more chance to DO something about car accident (like drive 55)
>> than you have of stopping war, unless you're in the diplomatic corps.

Baloney.  Does it really make sense to worry about possibilities based solely
on their statistical likelihood?  I don't think so.  Consider how likely it is
that you might catch a cold this winter.  Does that mean that you should worry
more about catching a cold than getting into a car accident?

I don't know if anyone can really calculate the statistical likelihood of 
nuclear war, but the results of such an event would be so devastating on a
global scale that all of us have to worry about that possibility and do
whatever we can to make sure that it never happens.

					Jon White