Reading - "Risk" by Dan Gardner

A few of you have been asking about things to do/read/see to support university applications or as extension.

I have been reading the book "Risk" by Dan Gardner today and highly recomment it.  It goes beyond the material covered in the book but is a fascinating account, combining pyschological and sociological research, of how we perceive risk and how this shapes our perception of the world.  There are some links directly to our course - for example, Chapter 6 "The Herd Senses Danger", has some interesting examples relating to science as a belief system.  Did you know that male scientists are less likely to see nuclear power as risky than female scientists?  The sociological and cultural reasons for this are explored and clearly explained.

Well worth reading.

Mr C

gender inequality in film

this doesn't relate directly to any of the topics we're studying but i found a fairly interesting article on gender inequality in the film industry that i thought was worth sharing

http://www.nyfa.edu/film-school-blog/gender-inequality-in-film/

How religions change their mind

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22250412 I know its an old article, but i found it interesting how "History shows that any religion that refuses to change dies out", What do you all think to it ?????