> > I certainly have no belief that an inability to quantify risk
> > is a good thing.  That makes no sense to me at all.
> 
> Consider, for instance, childbirth.

I sometimes wish that my parents had thought of genetics before they
had children. On the other hand, I wouldn't be here to think about this
if they had...
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