Why Everyone Thinks They're Safer Than Average
by Veronique Greenwood
Aug 16, 2013
2 minutes
It’s an odd quirk of the human mind that we tend to think we’re less likely to be affected a particular threat—be it the flu, a car accident, or a flood—than anyone else. Like the , where all the children are above average, this is a patent impossibility: Everyone can’t be less likely than the average (pdf).
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