Episode 48: Assessing Risk


Episode 48: Assessing Risk


Episode 48 highlights:

- Special guest Ralf Schmaelzle, Associate Professor at Michigan State University joins the podcast

- Risk Perception = Uncertainty Judgement

- The inherent subjectivity of risk

- Biases and their “ecological rationality”

- Nature vs. Nurture in the development of risk perception

- Mass communication of risk

The article mentioned at the beginning of the podcast is “Why human brains are bad at assessing the risks of pandemics” by Lia Kvatum.

A link to Ralf Schmaelzle's website is available at https://value-ability.com/content.

00:00 Introduction

03:29 Podcast Contact Info

04:22 Assessing Risk

56:19 Wrap Up

58:00 Disclaimer

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