Before revision: If the money sent to Baby Jessica when she was trapped in the well had been spent on preventative health care for children, hundreds of lives might have been saved, but Jessica certainly would have died if she had not been rescued in time.In one of Jenni and Loewenstein's two experiments comparing certain and uncertain deaths, their subjects were significantly more concerned about certain deaths.
After revision: If the money sent to Baby Jessica when she was trapped in the well had been spent on preventative health care for children, many lives might plausibly have been saved, but Jessica certainly would have died if she had not been rescued in time.In one of Jenni and Loewenstein's two experiments comparing certain and uncertain deaths, their subjects were significantly more concerned about certain deaths.