Question

In the movie "grumpier old men", the oldest character claims that he has had bacon, alcohol, and cigarettes every day for his entire adult life and that none of these behaviors have harmed him. if you were to go out now and start doing these behaviors because you felt they were, in fact, safe, you'd be falling prey to the ___________.

Answer 1

If you were to go out now and begin doing the behaviors you observed in the movie “Grumpier Old Men” because you felt they were, in fact, safe, you'd be falling prey to the availability heuristic.

Availability heuristic is a mental alternative where a person depends on examples that comes to their mind when they evaluate a certain concept, topic, decision or method.