The Difference Between Rational and Irrational Fear

The Takeaway

What scares you? No, really scares you?   In this age of antibiotics, antiseptics, airbags and anti-virus software, maybe the answer is, not much. But  Chris Cerf, co-author of “Encyclopedia Paranoiaca,”  would like to convince you that there’s still plenty to be scared of.

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