Question

Are there other factors that help explain why you consider certain activities dangerous and others relatively safe? What are those other factors? If you compare your list to other peoples’ lists, are they similar or different?

Notice that things such as genetically engineered foods or nuclear waste, which have high levels of both mystery and dread, tend to be regarded with the greatest fear, while familiar, voluntary, personally rewarding behaviors such as riding in automobiles or on bicycles, or drinking alcohol are thought to be relatively minor risks. Actuarial experts (statisticians who gather mortality data) would tell you that automobiles, alcohol, and automobile encounters with bicycles have killed far more people (so far) than genetically modified foods or radioactive waste. But this isn’t just a question of data. It’s a reflection of how much we fear various risks.

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Answer 1

Those factors are:-

1. whether the activity involves a high degree of risk or harm;
2. the gravity of that risk;
3. whether the risk can be eliminated by the exercise of reasonable care;
4. whether the activity is a matter of common usage;
5. whether the activity is appropriate to the place where it is carried out on and
6. the value of the activity to the community...

The list may or may not be similar to other people depending on the common interest of the chosen sample or people in general