How many people are afraid of one or more of the events in the left-side column, when the corresponding event on the right-side column is much more statistically likely? (Passed on by Investors.com)
Of course, to quote economists John Maynard Keynes, in the long run we are all dead.
Reblogged this on This Got My Attention and commented:
What you should REALLY fear. Unfortunately, fear is often irrational. Those things which have a high probability of causing serious loss or even death are disregarded while highly unlikely events scare us to death and cause us to waste our scarce resources.
Steve Prestegard.com: The Presteblog 
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