Zeno at the Steering Wheel
History and Overview
2014-03-26 v3
Abstract
This paper collects some reflections about an apparent incongruity between the usual (third-person) understanding of the probability of an event calculated for an extended period of time in the future (e.g., the expected probability of a driver to meet with a car accident in the next years) and the subjective perception of the same probability/risk that the person involved in that event has, instant by instant during that period of time. Similarities with the classical Zeno's paradoxes come to mind.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0902.4363,
title = {Zeno at the Steering Wheel},
author = {Germano D'Abramo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.4363},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
7 pages, no figures. English translation of v2 (in Italian)