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All this is part of a general problem with risk perception known as availability bias…Availability bias refers to the fact that some things come to mind or attention more readily than others: the gun on the wall effect. And sure enough, it’s easier to think about events than non-events. Whatever it might mean to try and think about an event that doesn’t happen, it is not an easy or intuitive thing to do.