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To be effective and those processes can be inhibited Put it all together and the probably of a city being destroyed may still not be large.
以便实施有效的爆炸 而这个过程是可以被制止的 把这些因素都加起来毁掉一个城市的可能性还是不大
But none of this is sufficiently reassuring that a realist will learn there's a risk would not want to pursue greater security One dilemma it seems.
但是这些都不足以令人感到放心从实际出发考虑问题的人会意识到不追求进一步的安全是会带来风险的
Insufficiently appreciated by policy makers is that security measures to reduce the odds of success for each particular attacker .
一个没有被政策制定者充分考虑的两难局面是用于减少零星的使用攻击性技术的袭击者成功可能性的安全措施如果
Using aggressive techniques trying to pre-empt attack when worked out on a global level risk increasing the pool of potential attackers The converse may.
扩大到全球范围会增加潜在袭击者的数量这很可能是真的
Admittedly also be true, in that focusing on broad policy measures to reduce the number of Attackers might not lead to the most vigilant defence against.
专注于更大范围内的政策的指定致力于减少袭击者的数量很可能就会导致对单独的袭击警惕程度的下降
Each one There is no guarantee of security not even a reliable assurance of greater security than we currently have If we compare the ticking time.
不可能有百分百的安全我们甚至不能保证比现在更安全如果我们把定时炸弹跟自然灾害
Bomb case to something involving a natural catastrophe rather than terrorism we could learn that our reactions are not necessarily in proportion.
而不是跟恐怖袭击相比较的话我们就会发现我们的反应与各种类型的灾害相比
To the actual risks of each type of catastrophe It is well known that earthquakes could seriously damage many parts of the world.
其实并不适当众所周知地震可能会对断层线上的地区都造成
Where fault lines run This could at some point be forceful enough to destroy a city or at least paralyse it and destroy part of it.
严重的损失有些情况下这可以摧毁或者至少使一个城市处于瘫痪状态
so the question is why is it that all of us do not immediately demand that laws be passed to require construction to be ten time stronger.
问题是为什么我们不要求法律建设比现在强十倍呢
And if so why stop there? The reply is that risk aversion is a fundamental indeterminacy of rationality as shown by John Elster and others.
我们为什么要止步于此呢 答案就是风险规避理性中最犹疑不决的部分John Elster和其他人已经向我们
The threat of it There may be no answer to the question of how much security is ultimately enough, the threat of an earthquake is a.
展示了它的威胁 对于究竟有多少安全保卫措施才够 并没有一个明确的答案 地震的威胁相当于
