Humans' response to risk can be unnecessarily dangerous, finds T...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Mathematics and Statistics  Tue, 08/05/2008 - 23:00

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Our ancient instincts don't meet the decision-making needs of a modern world.


 

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