What should we worry about?

In “ What Should We Worry About,” Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner talk about how humans beings are more afraid of the known instead of being scared of the important risks that are unknown. I understand Levitt and Dubner’s point but I disagree. I do not consider the known risks to be scary. I do fear the unknown, things like breast cancer, heart disease, and any form of viruses that can lead to severe sickness or death. These are things that could cause my loved ones and me great pain and could effect me personally. Fearing the known is typical for human beings according to Levitt and Dubner. I completely disagree because I don’t fear snakes, spiders, or being enclosed in a small, confined or crowded room. According to Statisticbrain.com, sixty percent of people fear the things that will probably never take place. My Aunt Kelly is one of these people, she refuses to leave her home anytime after 12 noon. She believe that after noon people are getting off of their shift and rushing to get their errands ran and after that rushing to get home. No matter the emergency or situations, don’t expect Aunt Kelly to come to your rescue after noon because she will not leave here home for any reason. Levitt and Dubner state that humans are fearful of the known risks like shark attacks. In many cases that may be true for many people but not for me. What I fear is the unknown important risk such as cancer. From the American Cancer Society, http://www.cancer.org, in the United States the number of people who have been a staggering 12,549,000. Cancer is an important unknown risk to me and I fear it because it’s considered to be a silently killer. I am definitely scared of cancer because it is an important risk that poses a threat to my loved ones and to myself. I have never been faced with a situation where I had to fear any of these unsettling dangerous matters. I do my best to stay healthy and active so that my chances are much lower. People should