Reply To: Questions regarding DPF.

[Rezwan]

Brian H wrote:

I pointed out that statement was not accurate. There be risks and dangers. You may feel they are worth the gain, but being worth it is not the same as not existing at all.

That’s either deliberate misunderstanding, or non-deliberate misunderstanding.

Dangers are uncontrolled and unpredictable risks. Aside from Chernobyl, which was state-bungled design and management, name another nuclear plant disaster.

You have an interesting dictionary.

If a “risk” is “predictable”, then it’s not much of a risk, is it? If you know where the anvil is going to fall, you can step aside, at your leisure.

“Risk” is more like, “there’s a chance that one of these anvils will fall, we don’t know which one, or when, or even if.” Or, “if you run through this field of anvils, there’s a good chance you’ll bump your shin on one of them, and that won’t be fun.”

You also have a habit of changing definitions in mid stream:

You go from “Dangers are…risks” to “name another…disaster”. So, only “disasters” are “dangers”?

Again, a simple trip to the dictionary will clear things up:

danger |ˈdānjər|
noun
• the possibility of suffering harm or injury
• the possibility of something unwelcome or unpleasant