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Cambridge Ideas - Professor Risk

Cambridge University · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Data science & statisticsProbability & game theoryScientific method & science communication

What it is

David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, uses statistics to weigh everyday risks such as bacon sandwiches and cycling. The six-minute piece introduces micromorts as a way to compare the risk of dying.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a short, fun introduction to micromorts and thinking about risk.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here is great video by Cambridge Ideas about the risk of dying from various activities (measured in micromorts)”

    Compares risk of dying across activities in micromorts

    cjy, 2013-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Micromort”

  2. “Worth a watch (6 minutes)”

    Fun six-minute video on risk

    beejiu, 2016-03 · Recommendation · in “Cambridge professor on how to stop being manipulated by misleading statistics”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: micromorts, risk, probability, statistics, uncertainty

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