In real life,everyone’s individual evaluation of risk

In real life,everyone’s individual evaluation of risk
will vary depending on their personal circumstances.
If you know you have a family history of heart disease
you might be more strongly motivated to take a medication
that would lower your heart-attack risk,even knowing it provided
only a small reduction in absolute risk.Sometimes, we have to decide between exposing ourselves to risks that aren’t directly comparable.If, for example, the heart attack drug
carried a higher risk of a debilitating, but not life-threatening,side effect like migraines rather than cancer,our evaluation of whether that risk is worth taking might change.And sometimes there isn’t necessarily a correct choice