How unlikely does a personal catastrophe have to be before it's not worth 
worrying about?  Somewhere around one in a million for most of us, I'd 
guess, even if the castrophe is death.	But if the catastrophe is the 
annihilation of all of humanity, one in a million is scary enough to be 
worth insuring against.  Keep that in mind when reading the following 
piece by my favorite philosopher, Nick Bostrom:
   http://www.nickbostrom.com/2050/world.html
and more to the point, this:
   http://www.nickbostrom.com/existential/risks.html

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http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves  - -  google://"Daniel Reeves"

"A closed mouth gathers no feet."