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Over 10 times more people die in circulatory diseases than accidents (source). Nevertheless people fear (in general) morefear accidents more than circulatory disease. In addition, there There are statistically even more unlikely things that people fear, eg.such as lightning.

What is the reason for this?

One thing that came to my mind is that these unlikely things are reported more onin the media, but there must be also somethingsbe something else behind this.

Over 10 times more people die in circulatory diseases than accidents (source). Nevertheless people fear (in general) more accidents than circulatory disease. In addition, there are statistically even more unlikely things that people fear, eg. lightning.

What is the reason for this?

One thing that came to my mind is that these unlikely things are reported more on media, but there must be also somethings else behind this.

Over 10 times more people die in circulatory diseases than accidents (source). Nevertheless people (in general) fear accidents more than circulatory disease. There are statistically even more unlikely things that people fear, such as lightning.

What is the reason for this?

One thing that came to my mind is that these unlikely things are reported more in the media, but there must also be something else behind this.

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Why do people fear statistically unlikely things?

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Over 10 times more people die in circulatory diseases than accidents (source). Nevertheless people fear (in general) more accidents than circulatory disease. In addition, there are statistically even more unlikely things that people fear, eg. lightning.

What is the reason for this?

One thing that came to my mind is that these unlikely things are more reported more on media, but there must be also somethings else behind this.

Over 10 times more people die in circulatory diseases than accidents (source). Nevertheless people fear (in general) more accidents than circulatory disease. In addition, there are statistically even more unlikely things that people fear, eg. lightning.

What is the reason for this?

One thing that came to my mind is that these unlikely things are more reported on media, but there must be also somethings else behind this.

Over 10 times more people die in circulatory diseases than accidents (source). Nevertheless people fear (in general) more accidents than circulatory disease. In addition, there are statistically even more unlikely things that people fear, eg. lightning.

What is the reason for this?

One thing that came to my mind is that these unlikely things are reported more on media, but there must be also somethings else behind this.

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