With things of a human origin, it's harder to objectively figure out the probabilities. To the best of my knowledge, people are not doing credible analysis on the risks facing this country, and if they were, who's to know that those are static probabilities?
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You really can encourage people to behave in certain ways. But if we have plans that depend on human behavior, they ought to be realistic.
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This quote is just one of 7 total Baruch Fischhoff quotes in our collection. Baruch Fischhoff is known for saying 'With things of a human origin, it's harder to objectively figure out the probabilities. To the best of my knowledge, people are not doing credible analysis on the risks facing this country, and if they were, who's to know that those are static probabilities?' as well as some of the following quotes.