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Predicting Sexual Crime: Are the Experts Biased?
Leroy Hendricks had a long history of sexually molesting children, including his own stepdaughter and stepson. When he was 21, he was convicted of exposing himself to two girls, and he continued to prey on
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Inside the Mind of Worry
The New York Times: WE make all sorts of ostensibly conscious and seemingly rational choices when we are aware of a potential risk. We eat organic food, max out on multivitamins and quickly forswear some
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Gecijferdheid
de Volkskrant: ‘In de ACME Sponsorloterij is de kans op het winnen van een auto 1 op 1.000. Hoeveel procent van de lootjes in de ACME Sponsorloterij wint een auto?’ Zelfs van redelijk geschoolde mensen
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Sind Sie risikointelligent?
20 Minuten Online: Kritisch und gleichzeitig kreativ mit Risiken umzugehen – das wird von vielen, insbesondere von Menschen in höheren Positionen im Arbeitsalltag verlangt. Vielfach wähnen sich die Betroffenen während des Entscheidungsprozesses am Roulette-Tisch: Rot
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The bright side of strife? Stress makes you see the upside of difficult situations – but that isn’t always a good thing
The Daily Mail: Stress actually makes us focus on the positive side of difficult situations, a new study has revealed – but that isn’t always healthy. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that
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The Wages of Eco-Angst
The New York Times: Even today, when media warnings about the latest health or safety risk are commonplace, the incessant drumbeat of reported environmental hazards can be truly alarming, leaving us worried, like the followers
