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Not knowing statistics is a form of protection against depression, sadness and anxiety.

Gotta thank god that the majority of people believe bad stuff doesn't apply to them.

It's a burden for few.

If you want to see society collapse just improve the literacy in statistics

> Not knowing statistics is a form of protection against depression, sadness and anxiety.

Hrm, I'd have thought the opposite. A lot of the things that many people spend a lot of time worrying about are really vanishingly unlikely.

Unlikely thing causing no damage is no source of concern

unlikely things which cause tremendous damage are for sure cause of concern because it only needs to happen once and it’s game over for the person/group/entity which find themselves at the receiving end of that

Correct. The famous saying that "ignorance is bliss" is what comes to mind here.

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