This is a typical situation which depends on the difference between actual and
perceived risk. Media has evolved to tweak our fears with the panic of the week
which is forgotten in a week to make way for the next panic of the week. Media
survives by monetizing the attention of their viewers through
selling advertising to companies by promising a maximal number of viewing eyes.
Creating a fear takes advantage of our desire to not miss information which might
protect us and ours from harm. So we watch, the media sells adverts and the system
rolls on.
We are really bad at intuiting statistical risk. Media, casinos, state lotteries and
insurance companies all take advantage of this.
It is demonstrated in someone who is afraid of flying but happy to take their
motorcycle to the airport on a busy freeway.
perceived risk. Media has evolved to tweak our fears with the panic of the week
which is forgotten in a week to make way for the next panic of the week. Media
survives by monetizing the attention of their viewers through
selling advertising to companies by promising a maximal number of viewing eyes.
Creating a fear takes advantage of our desire to not miss information which might
protect us and ours from harm. So we watch, the media sells adverts and the system
rolls on.
We are really bad at intuiting statistical risk. Media, casinos, state lotteries and
insurance companies all take advantage of this.
It is demonstrated in someone who is afraid of flying but happy to take their
motorcycle to the airport on a busy freeway.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? 
