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Episode 33 - Guns, Car Crashes & Sabre-Tooth Tigers, Oh My

Sadistically Speaking

English - April 22, 2021 16:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MB
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Humans use the Availability Heuristic to estimate the probability of events and determine fear levels.  Unfortunately, while the idea of relying on what comes easily to mind worked for our ancestors, it is completely fucked by our modern way of gaining knowledge.  As a result, we have a lot of irrational fears.  Also, please don't hold back information about active fugitives.  You may not see color but I still have cones in my retina!