Safety First

[McFurd]

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary". H. L. Mencken

Arming oneself with the weapons of knowledge provides the luxury to disregard stories of the untrue and allow one to better prepare for what is of real concern.