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Old 05-24-2012, 09:55 PM   #67
Superfraggle
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Originally Posted by TheGrimm View Post
OK try this one:

If someone told you the next flight you were taking had only a 2% risk of killing you? Would you be rethinking that trip to LA?
Sure would, because the best possible outcome of that flight does not justify the risk. Level of acceptable risk is dependent on outcome of the activity.

Your example is just as irrelevant to climbing Everest as mine turned out to be.
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