Thinking and Feeling About Risk: can they be separated?

Speaker(s): Professor David Spiegelhalter
Chair: Professor Paul Kelly

Recorded on 24 October 2013 in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building.

Whether it's bicycle helmets or fracking, people often have strong feelings about risks and their control. But, when considering risk, to what extent is it feasible to separate thinking and feeling?

David Spiegelhalter is Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

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