Your survival instincts are lying to you, tricked by the "Jaws" effect that amplifies shark fears despite just 4-12 global deaths yearly, while ignoring true killers like mosquitoes. These tiny insects, spreading malaria, claimed around 610,000 lives in 2024 - over 50,000 times more than sharks - mostly young children in sub-Saharan Africa. availability heuristic and negativity bias make vivid threats loom large, blinding us to mundane dangers hiding in plain sight.

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