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the researchers have focused on risk preference or aversion, and the possibility that it might be measurable and compared to others, offering a scale of sorts.
To learn more about how eager people are to engage in risky behavior, the researchers enlisted the assistance of 1500 volunteer adults to take a series of tests (39 tests in all), which together were meant to gauge a person's desire to seek out risky behavior. The team then analyzed the data and found that 61 percent of the variation in risky behavior scores could be summed up with a single component—a person's risk preference quotient, if you will. The remaining factors could all be attributed to which particular type of risk was involved. The single component, which the team dubbed as R, is general, the team notes, which suggests it can be applied multiple to[sic] risk situations along with other factors attributable to a particular type of risk.
The top level in intelligence quotient is called, "genius." Should the top level in risk quotient be called, "Hey Y'all, hold my beer?"
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Sunday October 08 2017, @02:59AM (1 child)
Right back at you.
"The optimum choice in terms of risk is to back down if possible."
Only if you're playing as an invertebrate. And if you are, the operative phrase needs to be expanded. s/if/as soon as
"I'm a martial arts instructor"
Good for you, there's millions that can claim that, I've been taught by some pretty good ones myself.
"In my experience, the optimum choice is always to not go physical unless you must go physical."
True enough, but that doesn't really disagree with what I said either. In fact nothing you said in your last two paragraphs was actually wrong.
Quite a let-down, after the whole you don't understand the game beginning.
Perhaps the disagreement is merely in the wording. It's always *possible* to back down, the trouble is that the foreseeable consequences can be worse than fighting, even if you lose. That makes it a very poor option. If you're stupid and started to start something you shouldn't have, then yes, by all means, back down gracefully. But if some jackass twice your size gets a few beers worth of courage up and decides you're the little twerp he's going to externalize all of his repressed anger out on, there's not much backing down you can do there. Back down from existing? Back down from occupying your little slice of space in this world?
Yes, you *may* be clever and lucky enough to beat the guy with words instead of fists in that situation - and it's best if you can - but one way or another there's a fight there and you have no good way to back down from it. Turning your back on someone that's being aggressive is usually a very bad move. Just standing there non-aggressively with your hands down begs a sucker punch, don't do that unless you're absolutely certain he's drunk enough and you're fast enough - you want to talk about risks? That's a risk. That's a lot bigger risk than putting your hands up and setting a fence, in many situations. Doing that will be taken as aggressive and is likely to trigger the aggressive man to attack *but that's just fine.* Let him attack now while I'm ready for it, instead of giving him a free shot later.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 1) by Arik on Sunday October 08 2017, @03:06AM
hah.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?