Originally Posted by
sjackson12
I personally would avoid flying on the MAX, but I also have a general fear of flying so I'm more affected by the psychology of it all.
From a statistical standpoint, how many flights has this plane had in total? Do any other current plane models have a similar record?
Another poster commented on how humans being aren't good at statistics. This has been well established by many, including statisticians. They can do it on a problem on a test, but in real life they are just as bad as everybody else.
The question is whether or not that is a bad thing. Human beings try to make sense of life, when many occurrences are random and simply have no rhyme or reason. At the end of the day, though, you live with yourself, so people make decisions that will make them "feel" safer. And they feel better because of that.
I doubt anybody here is truly logical. For example, everybody here believes you should do what you love, but everybody here doesn't actually practice that (e.g. spending lots of time on things that are hated).
(Kahneman and Tversky are pioneers in the field)