Slovic's Psychometric paradigm does a lot here to explain why 1% does not feel tiny:
Uncontrollable/catastrophic + not observed before = high risk perception
Uncontrollable/catastrophic + not observed before = high risk perception
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Bruno J. Navarro
A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.
Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%.
Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%.
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