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Preference for eliminating risk entirely in one area rather than reducing overall risk.
Leads to inefficient allocation of safety resources and explains why 'zero tolerance' policies are popular but often counterproductive.
This bias explains why people support expensive policies that eliminate small risks while opposing cost-effective policies that reduce larger risks.
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