climate and prophecy.what does matt 24.22 say., page-59

"What about a rational choice based on the available empirical evidence?"

I guess that would depend on whether that rational choice was coming from the perspective of fear or free choice.

The reason being, this empirical evidence could say that based on research over x number of days y number of incidents occurred to people who walk this street at a certain time of the day. Now how you respond to this information would determine whether you then make a choice based on fear or free choice.