Okay, here's a thought for your Thursday afternoon:

Imagine you're offered a choice: a guaranteed $100, or a coin flip where heads gets you $200 and tails gets you nothing. Most people pick the $100.

Now, what if you're offered a guaranteed loss of $100, or a coin flip where heads means no loss and tails means a $200 loss? Suddenly, most people will risk the flip.

Same numbers, flipped perspective. Makes you wonder how much our "rational" decisions are just playing games with our fears.