E18: When Emotion Leads Risk - risk as feelings and not just numbers

Risk in safety is often framed in matrices as likelihood x consequences. It holds an allure of (semi)objectivity - the numbers are the numbers.

But what is the role of emotion and feelings within our risk judgements? Today's article argues that what we 'feel' about risk precedes and influences what we 'think' about risk.

This pod's article is: Slovic, P., Finucane, M. L., Peters, E., & MacGregor, D. G. (2013). Risk as analysis and risk as feelings: Some thoughts about affect, reason, risk and rationality. In The feeling of risk (pp. 21-36). Routledge.Feel free to shout me a coffee to support my site &podcasts: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson

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Intro/Output "Dark Synth Wave" by ElephantGreen (PixaBay.com)

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