Humans by and large are appalling natural statisticians, we continually misunderstand the risk of certain events occurring. I have friends who wont swim at the beach because they are frightened of sharks by will drive for two hours to get to the beach and then sit on the sand.
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Good presentation. The work of Slovic shows that human risk perception has two main dimensions, one of familiarity vs strangeness, the other mild versus catastrophic. Hence we underestimate dangers of things with which we are familiar and bring us benefits, such as motor vehicles, home swimming pools or motorised lawn mowers. And as mentioned we overestimate the dangers from sharks (and wild animals generally) because they are unfamiliar. And we underestimate the dangers that pick us off in small numbers each time (drownings, motor vehicle crashes) and overestimate the risks from Tsunamis that wipe out many people when they hit.
The good news is that one can reduce risk by learning what the actual risks are and modifying behaviour accordingly. The clip shows that taking care of one’s cardiac health should be a priority. And one can reduce one’s risk from a motor vehicle accident by around 30% by staying off the roads at night.
Barry
Apparently the animal that kills or injures the most people in Australia is the horse. Usually when I use the car comparison with sharks everyone says that we spend more time in cars than at the beach but, at a rough guess we don’t spend more time on horses than at the beach
Perhaps the WA government should start culling horses instead of sharks. Or if you are like me and are allergic to bee’s maybe they should give them the once over. I forgot Conservative governments dont believe in science or evidence because their imaginary friend says it isnt needed.