[phkahler]

knowledge does not automatically prevent us from errors in judgments nor does it necessarily protect us from misfortune.

Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/795/

[mark-r]

Not automatically, but it can help.

I was in this very situation at the top of Pikes Peak. A storm moved in and the park rangers closed the place and sent everybody away. They knew the statistics of being hit by lightning in that very place.