# Paul Slovic
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paul slovic (born 1938 in Chicago) is a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon and the president of Decision Research. Decision Research is a collection of scientists from all over the nation and in other countries that study decision-making in times when risks are involved. He was also the president for the Society of Risk Analysis until 1984.
Virtuous Violence and the Psychology of Nuclear Escalation
In this episode, we speak with Paul Slovic, Rose McDermott, and Cmdr. Daniel R. Post about their recent TNSR article "When Our Minds Go Nuclear," arguing that nuclear strategy too often assumes rational, stable decision-making despite decades of psychological research on bounded rationality and b...
MAGA Is All Feelings and No Facts
If you watched the video, you already know the psychological reason MAGA supporters say things with total confidence that are completely made up. This Substack goes deeper into the research, the real-world mechanics, and why this one cognitive bias explains how the entire right-wing information e...
S2 E32 | You Trained Her Not to Trust You
Seven months into being honest, I started a sentence with my wife that I never finished. "I've been honest with you for seven months now." She heard the rest of it anyway, and so did I: so you should trust me by now.
That was an invoice. Underneath it was an internal ledger, and underneath the l...
Afraid of the Wrong Things
Around the world, people are grappling with the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. How do our minds process that risk, and why do some of us process it so differently? This week, we talk with psychologist Paul Slovic about the disconnect between our own assessments of risk and the dangers we f...
Why Nuclear Gets the Worst Press: The Psychology Behind Energy Coverage
In Episode 83 of The Atomic Exchange Podcast, Dr. Goran Calic and Jennifer Ward examine how media coverage of nuclear accidents compares to coal and hydroelectric disasters, from Fukushima's muted domestic reporting to the largely forgotten Banqiao Dam failure that killed hundreds of thousands. T...
The MAGA Cult Is All Feelings and No Facts
The MAGA Cult Is All Feelings and No Facts
There is a question that haunts every person who has ever tried to have an evidence-based conversation with a MAGA supporter.
How can they believe something with zero evidence behind it?
The election was stolen. No evidence. Exposed in over 60 courts. Th...
Afraid of the Wrong Things
Around the world, people are grappling with the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. How do our minds process that risk, and why do some of us process it so differently? This week, we talk with psychologist Paul Slovic about the disconnect between our own assessments of risk and the dangers we f...
The Economics Of Empathy: Why We Can't See It - Barry's Economics
One dying child makes us cry but a million makes us scroll. That isn’t because we’re cruel. It’s because our brains were never built for the numbers.This video stitches together two bits of research that explain the block. Paul Slovic’s work and Robin Dunbar’s work on the size of the human social...
How to Stop Catastrophizing as a Leader: Which Fears Deserve Your Attention
Does your mind keep running to the worst case? This episode is for leaders who want to stop catastrophizing and decide which fears deserve their attention.
You hear how to size a fear with a number, and why the mind skips the odds even when you know better. You get the research on why a risk th...
Ep. 147 - The 1973 Experiment That Explains Why Investors Lose
In 1973, eight expert horse bettors were handed eight times more information. Their accuracy didn't move an inch. Their confidence doubled. That one study might explain why your stock screener, and every research subscription you pay for, is quietly making you a worse investor rather than a bette...
