84 | Statistical Numbing with Paul Slovic
from Data Stories Hosted by Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner
We talk with Prof. Slovic about "Statistical Numbing," the inability of numbers and statistics to convey a sense of scale of human tragedies and to elicit compassion.
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- 0:15 Our sponsor: FreshBooks
- 1:14 Welcome back to Data Stories!
- 2:21 Introducing Professor Paul Slovic
- 2:59 Introducing statistical numbing, genocide neglect, and the "Arithmetic of Compassion"
- 11:40 Psychic numbing and the connection to human compassion
- 18:23 Our sponsor: FreshBooks
- 20:05 Denial and the "Collapse of Compassion"
- 29:52 "The Warm Glow": Why people donate to charitable causes
- 35:00 Can we use this research to demotivate terrorists?
- 37:56 How to process and frame numbers with more compassion
- 53:00 Prof. Paul Slovic's new book "Numbers and Nerves"
- 55:03 Rate us and get in touch!
- 56:15 Our sponsor: FreshBooks >
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