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Football is a "game of inches."
So is life.
Did you ever count up the number of times you were "almost killed?
I psychiatrist I knew told me a of a young boy who was obsessed by death.
"What are you afraid of?" asked the psychiatrist.
"Being hit by lightning," said the boy.
"But that is a only a one in a million chance," said the psychiatrist.
"But one is a number," said the boy.
Wisely.
Add up all the chances of cancer, stroke, renal failure, liver damage, death by fire and flood, death by by lightning and they add up to:
100.0000%
Almost surely.
Football is a "game of inches."
So is life.
Did you ever count up the number of times you were "almost killed?
I psychiatrist I knew told me a of a young boy who was obsessed by death.
"What are you afraid of?" asked the psychiatrist.
"Being hit by lightning," said the boy.
"But that is a only a one in a million chance," said the psychiatrist.
"But one is a number," said the boy.
Wisely.
Add up all the chances of cancer, stroke, renal failure, liver damage, death by fire and flood, death by by lightning and they add up to:
100.0000%
Almost surely.
posted by Ben Wattenberg at 5:31 PM
2 Comments:
The frightened kid doesn't sound very wise to me. True, a one in a million chance of being hit by lighting is still a real chance. But, to become obsessed with what is an extremely unlikely probability isn't wisdom. It's an illness in itself.
We all die, that is a 100% probability for sure. But the kid's obsession doesn't illustrate a broader point about life and death. It just shows how destructive obsessive thoughts can be. They can keep you from living a rich and full life. There's a reason why the kid was at the psychiatrist, after all!!
The frightened kid doesn't sound very wise to me. True, a one in a million chance of being hit by lighting is still a real chance. But, to become obsessed with what is an extremely unlikely probability isn't wisdom. It's an illness in itself.
We all die, that is a 100% probability for sure. But the kid's obsession doesn't illustrate a broader point about life and death. It just shows how destructive obsessive thoughts can be. They can keep you from living a rich and full life. There's a reason why the kid was at the psychiatrist, after all!!
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