How good are you at calculating risk? | Gerd Gigerenzer
How good are you at calculating risk? | Gerd Gigerenzer
TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing · Gerd Gigerenzer
February 25, 20204m 21s
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Show Notes
A new drug reduces the risk of heart attacks by 40%. Shark attacks are up by a factor of two. Drinking a liter of soda per day doubles your chance of developing cancer. These are all examples of a common way risk is presented in news articles, and can often be misleading. So how can we better evaluate risk? Gerd Gigerenzer explores the difference between relative and absolute risk. [Directed by Visorama, narrated by Addison Anderson].
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