🚶♂️Voluntary risks are more acceptable than involuntary risks.
🚘Acceptance of risk is inversely proportional to prevalence.
💊Perception of risk is influenced by the riskiness of diseases.
🛠️Novelty increases perceived risk.
💰Numbers can diminish the perceived value of saving lives.
Why do we overestimate the danger of low-risk activities?
—We overestimate the danger of low-risk activities due to factors such as our flawed perception of voluntary risks and the novelty effect.
Why do we underestimate the danger of high-risk activities?
—Our perception of risk is influenced by factors such as the prevalence of an activity and the numbing effect of numbers.
How does our perception of risk affect decision-making?
—Our flawed perception of risk can lead to biased decision-making, where we prioritize certain activities over others based on inaccurate risk evaluations.
What is the role of disease in risk perception?
—Disease serves as a yardstick for risk perception, where activities perceived as riskier than disease are often deemed unacceptable.
Can our perception of risk be improved?
—While our perception of risk may never be perfect, awareness of our biases and a focus on scientific evidence can help us make more informed decisions.
00:08Our perception of risk is often incorrect, as we tend to overestimate the danger of low-risk activities and underestimate the danger of high-risk activities.
03:40Factors such as the perceived choice, prevalence, disease as a yardstick, novelty, and the numbing effect of numbers contribute to our flawed evaluation of risk.
06:50We tend to accept voluntary risks more readily than involuntary risks.
09:24The more people exposed to a risk, the less tolerant the public becomes of that risk.
10:58Our perception of risk is influenced by the riskiness of diseases, with disease serving as a yardstick for risk assessment.
11:43The perception of risk is affected by the novelty of the activity, with new and unfamiliar activities being perceived as riskier.
09:24The more lives at stake, the less value we assign to each individual life.
12:26Our flawed perception of risk becomes problematic when it affects decisions that impact others.
