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Cambridge Ideas - Professor Risk
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 HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a short, fun introduction to micromorts and thinking about risk.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Cambridge University
- Topic
- risk and statistics
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Here is great video by Cambridge Ideas about the risk of dying from various activities (measured in micromorts): [VIDEO] The professor's conclusion is that one of the biggest risks is being too cautious.
cjy on Hacker News · 2013-08
In MicromortThere's a fun video he created with Cambridge University a few years ago, called "Professor Risk". Worth a watch (6 minutes) [VIDEO] Takeaway from the video "I've come to the conclusion that one of the biggest risks is being too cautious."
beejiu on Hacker News · 2016-03
In Cambridge professor on how to stop being manipulated by misleading statistics
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