I love this definition. In our negligence and strict liability chapter, there is a concept known as the “assumption of the risk”. Essentially, if its obviously dangerous and you do it anyway, you can’t blame anyone else for personal harm. My book takes three pages to explain this. My professor summed it up as:

“No money for the stupid”

I’m going to miss this class.

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