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Prof David Spiegelhalter in conversation with Prof Baruch Fischhoff
Date: 02 February 2018
Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (drinks start before at 16:30)
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms.
This event is free to attend by registration is required. Please sign up here.
With a perceived decreased lack of trust in experts and expertise, and the so-called 'post-truth' society, the communication of factual evidence has perhaps never been more important. Whether it’s doctors communicating medical risks and benefits to patients, intelligence authorities communicating terrorist threats to government, or journalists reporting scientific findings, all need to consider how their audience will perceive what they're saying and be aware of the effects of cognitive biases that we all have.
In this event Professor Baruch Fischhoff of Carnegie Mellon University will discuss his life and work with Professor David Spiegelhalter, the Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge.
This event is free to attend by registration is required. Please sign up here.