Can the general public learn to evaluate risks accurately, or do authorities need to steer it towards correct decisions? Michael Bond talks to the two opposing camps.
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Michael Bond is a freelance writer based in London.
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Bond, M. Decision-making: Risk school. Nature 461, 1189–1192 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/4611189a
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