Fear of flying and the hazards of communicating risk | Andy Stirling

When it comes to fear of flying, it's the idea that risk should be treated purely as a number which is irrationalVery few risk experts display the same combination of peerless authority and engaging clarity achieved by Professor David Spiegelhalter, Winston Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University. A particular virtue is Spiegelhalter's unusual openness about the limits to risk assessment. This kind of humility is sometimes difficult for experts who have invested so […]