Big Picture Science - Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality
REPEAT
Poisonous snakes, lightning strikes, a rogue
rock from space. There are plenty of scary things to fret about, but are we
burning adrenaline on the right ones? Stepping into the bathtub is more
dangerous than flying from a statistical point of view, but no one signs up for
“fear of showering” classes.
Find out why we get tripped up by statistics,
worry about the wrong things, and how the “intelligence trap” not only leads
smart people to make dumb mistakes, but actually causes them to make more.
Guests:
- Eric Chudler – Research associate professor, department of bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle and co-author of “Worried: Science Investigates Some of Life’s Common Concerns”
- Lise Johnson – Director of the Basic Science Curriculum, Rocky Vista University, and co-author of “Worried: Science Investigates Some of Life’s Common Concerns”
- Willie Turner – Vice President of Operations at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA
- Charles Wheelan – Senior Lecturer and Policy Fellow, Dartmouth College, and author of “Naked Statistics”
- David Robson – Commissioning Editor for the BBC and author of “The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes”
This repeat podcast originally aired on May 27, 2019
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