Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, What Should You Worry About?
Read What Should You Worry About? and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. According to the authors, what are humans bad at doing?
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2. What can we use to better discover what is truly dangerous?
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3. During the 2001 “Summer of the Shark,” how many worldwide shark-related fatalities occurred?
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4. What was one of the seemingly unsolvable problems of the 19th century?
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5. How do the authors suggest we will solve the problem of global warming?
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