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What’s more likely: death by shark attack, or death by lightning strike? The science suggests you’ll choose “shark attack”… but that’s not the right answer. So why do so many of us agree? It’s called the availability bias: our tendency to assume that events that come easily to mind must be more common or true.
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The Availability Bias was created and developed by Olivia Kang, Kirsten Morehouse, Theodora Mautz, and Mahzarin Banaji. Outsmarting Implicit Bias is supported by Harvard University, PwC, and Johnson & Johnson.
Narration by Olivia Kang, featuring Professor Mahzarin Banaji (Harvard University)
Sound Editing & Mixing by Evan Younger
Music by @miraclesofmodernscience
Artwork by Olivia Kang
Research Assistants: Theodora Mautz, Moshe Poliak
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