Podcasts Culture 2.11 Tails of the unexpected

2.11 Tails of the unexpected

Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 3:09 p.m.

Michael Fish should in 1987 have listened to the woman who called up to tell them that a hurricane was coming.  His models predicted nothing of the sort and yet in the following hours England suffered the worst storm in three hundred years.  Sevenoaks became Oneoak overnight.  Blind reliance on models, especially of the statistical variety opens up decision-makers.  This podcast provides a very brief overview of what a model is and how people can manipulate them.

--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/riskpearlswisdom/message