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Tue Nov 18

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Tue Nov 4

• Risk Communication and Government; Theory and Application for the ...

Fri Oct 31

• Numbers needed to treat (NNT) - The Cochrane Collaboration open learning material: Number needed to treat - Another way of looking at the risk difference is the number needed to treat (NNT). Where we are trying to prevent an event, and the risk difference is less than 0 (i.e. the intervention reduces the risk of the event), NNT is the inverse of the risk difference:

Mon Oct 13

• How to keep your head in scary situations - 27 August 2008 - New Scientist

Sun Oct 12

• Helping Doctors and Patients Make Sense of Health Statistics - Association for Psychological Science: Journals
• Hbos Chief Andy Hornby Defends Lloyds Tsb Takeover - The Herald: "The simple truth is that I - and the rest of the HBOS board - were simply not prepared to take any risks with our great business" - wow - self-justifica tion (empty suits and empty words) - comments as usual, too
• YouTube - Nassim Nicholas Taleb Angry: An animated Taleb on Newsnight (edited) - the words are not the 'point� 39; ("tie wearing economists&quo t; - and he waves, at 4m, in an Ericksonian pattern interrupt) - it's the hands - gestures - pointing, waving, getting a grip (this, hands down), on the one hand (open) - talking about forward looking vision, but with added emphasis - say it with feeling "ok" - good points, though, about calls to action based on flawed understanding (false-confide nce, learn to be more robust to human error)

Sat Oct 11

• The Risk Communication Institute

Sun Oct 5

• Kling on Freddie and Fannie etc. | Library of Economics and Liberty: Arnold used to work at Freddie-Mac - gives a good history of guaranteed securitisation (it's not about the law of large numbers and risk) - "Imagine a world with no mortgage backed securities&quo t; - hmm, sounds like Lionel Hutz in The Simpsons - abstract imagery -> ask for an example, tangible, visible, only say what can be heard, talk to the brain first - "Weird part of today's situation is people act like it's never happened before"

Thu Oct 2

• ERC CDCynergy

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