Science
Scientists identify the cognitive limitations that hamper our decision-making. – Brinkwire
The chances of a commercial airliner crashing are vanishingly smalland yet many people are uncomfortable flying. Vaccination for many common childhood diseases entail almost no riskbut parents still worry. Human perception of probabilitiesespecially very small and very large probabilitiescan be markedly distorted and these distortions can lead to potentially disastrous decisions.
But why we distort probability is unclear. While the question has been previously studied, there is no consensus on …
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