I have waited some days to comment on the (Many of which were asinine) statements made by politicians, "journalists" and others as to the false, "Incoming ICBM", warning in Hawaii.
For cancer a "False Positive" can only lead, as time and further testing provides, for proofs that there is not cancer. A "False Negative" may yield the progression of that disease until it is far too late to save the patient's life.
As to ICBMs, a "False Positive" only produces some confusion, corrections in the alerting system(s) and, as recently inflicted on the People, misleading, inaccurate and biased (eg Against President Trump who was not involved in this matter) and other displays of pathology.
An ICBM "False Negative" would result in the murder of millions of our fellow Americans---And, a dangerous delay in converting the attacking nation into a field of shallow, class-lined and slightly radioactive craters.
It does seem best to be biased in favor of the "risk" (sic) of "False Positives".
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