Is a meteor or asteroid hitting the earth and causing a major problem for me or other people a real threat? What is the chance that I or others can get hurt?
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The straight answer: Yes. It is absolutely a threat. But an astronomically unlikely one. Up there in the teir of being struck by lightning, dying in a commercial plane crash, or being bitten by a shark at a beach. Saying they *might* happen is laughable, but saying they *can’t* happen is simply incorrect.
The advice answer: Don’t pay it any mind. You don’t let the fear of being struck by lightning even on a clear day prevent you from going outside, do you? You don’t have any agency in controlling whether this will occur. Very smart people have formed a committee on this and determined as much. There’s nothing we can do. So, to suffer in worry about isomething you cannot affect would be needlessly crippling to your mental health.
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