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Nothing wrong with stats. They are what they are. Problem is when we then apply them to individuals. Then we are unfairly stereotyping the individual.


Car insurance is the prime example of unfairness and being punished for the actions of others, purely because of statistics.


Lots of care insurances provide benefits to people that deviate from the statistic minimum in a meaningful way - few miles per year, ... In all other ways, yes - you get to pay an price that's averaged over a reasonably large peer group that you just happen to fall into. That's how insurances work: They redistribute risk. They protect you from extreme outcomes by charging a low, steady price. All in all, you usually pay more than you get out and only a few actually benefit financially. Take a look at large car rental companies: They don't actually insure their cars against theft. They're large enough to do the risk arbitration themselves. So I guess you just need to find a large enough pool of people that agree with you and then form your own insurance - with lower fees.




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