redsturgeon wrote:dealtn wrote:redsturgeon wrote:
How do you avoid both touching the balls?
John
You could wear gloves. But why would it concern you so much to avoid touching a tennis ball touched by one other person? If your risk aversion was as high as that then I doubt you would be out driving to play anyway (with a higher risk of incident).
It doesn't concern me, I don't play tennis. Just interested as I'd imagine that some process had to be in place to stop both players touching the same balls in order for the clubs to open. It seems there is.
John
Fair enough. I should have been clearer in using "you" in a general sense not "you" specifically.
The point I was making, again in general, was that life isn't absent of risk. Individuals have different points on that risk aversion spectrum, but regardless of where any individual sits, it would be rational to consider all risks, not just a very specific miniscule risk in isolation.
Individuals do find it very hard to behave "rationally" though, particularly when risks are so small they are mathematically "tail events", especially so when the consequences of those tail events can also be very significant.