Originally Posted by
Snowkip
you still don't understand. there's more to it than probability. let me try to put it in simple words. if you had the same chance of getting caught in a bank robbery as getting caught stealing a candy bar, would that mean the risk of those two separate crimes were the same? No, but that is what you are saying. That risk is just probability. The reason the risk isn't the same is because if you get caught stealing a candy bar you get a misdemeanor for shoplifting, if you get caught robbing a bank the consequence is much higher therefore the risk is higher even if the probability of getting caught is the same. This means that yes, probability is part of risk, but the negative outcome itself is an even bigger part of risk than probability itself. For example, if there was no negative outcome, there would be no risk in the first place. You have been completely proven wrong a number of times now using this argument, if you still don't understand then reread this paragraph until you do.