Health policy

Why the human brain seems to struggle with comprehending risk

There's a fascinating blog post over at the New York Times math blog that has the health policy program here at New America scratching our heads, sharpening our No. 2 pencils, and dusting off our calculators. Turns out, German mathematicians…

There’s a fascinating blog post over at the New York Times math blog that has the health policy program here at New America scratching our heads, sharpening our No. 2 pencils, and dusting off our calculators.

Turns out, German mathematicians have been studying how and why the human brain seems to struggle with comprehending risk. We find it difficult to translate the mathematical …

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Why the human brain seems to struggle with comprehending risk