Ulrike Hahn on Nostr: npub14k23h…ted68 so called risk seeking in the domain of loss? Consider the ...
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so called risk seeking in the domain of loss?
Consider the following gamble. Would you prefer:
option a: lose 100 Euro for sure
or
option b: losing 200 Euro with probility .5, 0 Euros otherwise
it's a well known, and robust, effect ever since Kahneman & Tversky 1979, that most people considerably prefer option b
https://pages.ucsd.edu/~aronatas/project/academic/tversky%20and%20kahnemann.pdf
basically, drastically cutting carbon emissions, ie radically changing our life style is perceived as 'a sure loss'?
so called risk seeking in the domain of loss?
Consider the following gamble. Would you prefer:
option a: lose 100 Euro for sure
or
option b: losing 200 Euro with probility .5, 0 Euros otherwise
it's a well known, and robust, effect ever since Kahneman & Tversky 1979, that most people considerably prefer option b
https://pages.ucsd.edu/~aronatas/project/academic/tversky%20and%20kahnemann.pdf
basically, drastically cutting carbon emissions, ie radically changing our life style is perceived as 'a sure loss'?