One hopes, as we mature and gain experience with life, that our process of decision-making will mature as well. I‘d like to think we learn to reason more clearly, to better evaluate the pros, the cons, and the merits of issues we face day to day. It’s probably wishful thinking, grounded more in emotion than reason, cautions researcher Paul Slovic. It’s thinking that often doesn’t add up. It’s not that we can’t do the math when we’re talking apples and oranges. When filling a