What you don't know can kill you

I am 75 years old and had some stokes. I ride a powerfull bike in the streets of Thailand. What worries me..of course its the impending alien invasion.All those UFO lights in the sky at night though.I would like to be abducted so I can take some fuzzy photos.

I work in a produce section in Ohio. People here were asking about radiation levels in food from California. I constantly told them the radiation levels from Japan were incredibly weak and did not affect the food in California. Numerous times, these people did not believe me- because they had heard it on the news... ...it makes me sad to have my background be in journalism.

They honestly believed that the incident in Japan irradiated crops in California? Dang, if it were that powerful everyone in Hawaii would be long dead. Yet I'll bet none of them realize that the potassium in bananas will set off radiation detectors at security checkpoints. We're surrounded by it daily, low levels are really nothing to fear.

"Yet I'll bet none of them realize that the potassium in bananas will set off radiation detectors at security checkpoints" Honestly, I did not know that lol. That is interesting, thanks for that info

it's probably because earthquakes and volcanoes, shark attakck, etc kill you instantly whereas poor health takes a while

I totally agree ,we are programed to react to danger NOW not to danger that might possibly happen maybe one day .Also our reactions to danger tend to be visual ,and it is a lot easier to see a shark biting you or an earthquake shake the ground than an internal health problem in development .

I work in a produce section in Ohio. People here were asking about radiation levels in food from California. I constantly told them the radiation levels from Japan were incredibly weak and did not affect the food in California. Numerous times, these people did not believe me- because they had heard it on the news... ...it makes me sad to have my background be in journalism. Depends what generation you are dealing with. It's not that sad or silly. My parents informed me that during the Chernobyl radiation, there was very little media about it but it affected the western world. Being In the UK t... [More]

The worst part about this is it is so true. through are daley lives we are feed fear, and countless amounts of it. Especialy in the news. I for one don't weatch the news or hardly even wathc tv for the same matter. I will galnce at the paper to see what is going on, but they are just tools to keep us in place, and in countrol. We are a race of worries and fear and that is the biggest setback. It has beenimposed on us since birth and is therefore all we know of. It's quite sad actually even in a huge disaster that peopel 5000miles away poeple are worried about the radiation. its really discusti... [More]

it's probably because earthquakes and volcanoes, shark attakck, etc kill you instantly whereas poor health takes a while I totally agree ,we are programed to react to danger NOW not to danger that might possibly happen maybe one day .Also our reactions to danger tend to be visual ,and it is a lot easier to see a shark biting you or an earthquake shake the ground than an internal health problem in development . This makes perfect sense.

Yes, visual is the key. A blind people wouldn't make the difference between a shark and an illness (because he probably never knows a shark in his whole life = not fearing the unknown)