How good are you at calculating risk? - Gerd Gigerenzer
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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.
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Meet The Creators
- Director
- Mateus Moretto
- Educator
- Gerd Gigerenzer
- Narrator
- Addison Anderson
- Storyboard Artist
- Mateus Moretto, Luciano do Amaral
- Animator
- Mateus Moretto, Luciano do Amaral
