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People are typically very poor judges of risk, even while they think they're good at it. If I take this pill I'll lose ten pounds for my class reunion, but I'll probably need a new liver? Sounds good, sign me up!

People are more than sufficiently educated about the risks of drunk driving, but it's still a problem, because bad outcomes only happen to other people.



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