Straight from the pages of behavioral psychology, it's a classic case of overestimating the likelihood of rare events.
Of course, that was exacerbated by Dr. Andrew Wakefield's pseudoscience on thimerosal, further exacerbated by Nature actually printing that.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Your comments are appreciated, as is at least a modicum of politeness.
Comments are moderated, so yours may not appear immediately.
Due to various forms of spamming, comments with professional websites, not your personal website or blog, may be rejected.