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Afraid of the Wrong Things

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Psychologist paulslovik has explored what happens in real life when these two ways of thinking produce different answers. Paul, if you ask americans how many people are killed by homicide and by terrorism, they are likely to overestimate the risk. If you ask how many people die from heart disease and diabedes, we tend to underestimate the risk. Can you explain how a mental short cut that's sometimes called the availability huristic might shape these perceptions? Paul, yes. I'm shanker ve dantem. Get your first month free on select crates at ki weko dot com.

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