Humans are bizzare animals.
It is evident in their knee jerk reactions to a lot of daily events. The outcome of these ill thought reactions costs them dearly than if they had taken a calmer perspective of things.
Case in point. Coronavirus.
While it is important to acknowledge the virus and its symptoms and its causes the reaction seems out of proportion. Long lines to get the hell out of the entire country of China (with no international carrier flying in) when the epicenter is a small province with a specific set of conditions that triggered the virus to jump to a human is a case study in Panic Pandemic not viral pandemic.
Also the fact that when treated the symptoms go away and person fully recovers has been ignored. It is being treated like a death warrant. It is like a global dead humans walking movie.
The cascading repercussions of this reaction is the effect it has on global capital markets. Stocks swing from one end to another. People freak out and stockpile crap that they will need for doomageddon. And many more.
Lot of psychologists and people that study our species have observed that our ability to assess risk quantitatively and practically is extremely poor. We latch on to words like terrorist threat and believe that it is a significant issue when the likelihood of someone dying from coronary heart failure is 10x real. But hey can't stop me from my QP with Cheese. Yah real yellow slice of American cheese.
Say cheese!
It is evident in their knee jerk reactions to a lot of daily events. The outcome of these ill thought reactions costs them dearly than if they had taken a calmer perspective of things.
Case in point. Coronavirus.
While it is important to acknowledge the virus and its symptoms and its causes the reaction seems out of proportion. Long lines to get the hell out of the entire country of China (with no international carrier flying in) when the epicenter is a small province with a specific set of conditions that triggered the virus to jump to a human is a case study in Panic Pandemic not viral pandemic.
Also the fact that when treated the symptoms go away and person fully recovers has been ignored. It is being treated like a death warrant. It is like a global dead humans walking movie.
The cascading repercussions of this reaction is the effect it has on global capital markets. Stocks swing from one end to another. People freak out and stockpile crap that they will need for doomageddon. And many more.
Lot of psychologists and people that study our species have observed that our ability to assess risk quantitatively and practically is extremely poor. We latch on to words like terrorist threat and believe that it is a significant issue when the likelihood of someone dying from coronary heart failure is 10x real. But hey can't stop me from my QP with Cheese. Yah real yellow slice of American cheese.
Say cheese!
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