Why Our Fear Of Flying Is Immune To Statistics

Published: May 4, 2018, 9 a.m.

Despite a recent death in an accident on a Southwest flight, it\u2019s still safer to fly than drive. So why do we still get sweaty palms before takeoff? Eugenia Cheng, a mathematician at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, explains the math behind our fears\u2026 and how we might be able to overcome them.