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Why do people fear the wrong things? | Gerd Gigerenzer

Why do people fear the wrong things? | Gerd Gigerenzer

FromTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing


Why do people fear the wrong things? | Gerd Gigerenzer

FromTED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

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Length:
4 minutes
Released:
Feb 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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].
Released:
Feb 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (97)

TED-Ed's commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED's mission of spreading great ideas. Within TED-Ed's growing library of TED-Ed animations, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed website (ed.ted.com).