Posted on 10/05/08
SYMPOSIUM: RISK
AT ISSUEIn the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and the resulting response, there's been considerable discussion of risk, risk assessment and what sort of response is appropriate in various circumstances. In her recent review of Dan Gardner's book Risk, Heather Menzies took the author to task for what she said was his understating of real consequences in the theoretical assessment of the nature of risk. Here, Gardner addresses the dual nature of risk perception - the rational and the irrational - while Menzies insists that abstract concepts must be measured against real-life events.
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