We tend to be far more frightened of everyday risks, such as diabetes or smoking, than about plane crashes.

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People generally perceive rare but catastrophic events, like plane crashes, as more frightening than everyday risks such as diabetes or smoking, even though the latter are statistically more likely to affect them. This is due to psychological factors like availability heuristic, where more dramatic events are more easily remembered and thus perceived as more common or threatening.

We Tend to Be Far More Frightened of Everyday Risks