Risk vs. Uncertainty
Watch carefully this scene of Russian Roulette in the movie, The Deer Hunter. Put aside the drama and focus on what are the trade-offs being made; how do the odds change? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqakCa-MysE
You can view the longer scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPi2AetitZc
My Radical Therapy
A few readers have written to accuse me of dark, twisted humor, but I placed the above video as a serious study–not as a bad joke. However, I have opted to have my humor changed at the request of several readers. This hasn’t helped http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftl_ckcpZgY but this might: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCUmINGae44