Evelyn Fox-Keller What is a Rational Response to Catastrophic Risk? Thursday 8 March 2012 6:30- 8:00pm A substantial literature on risk perception demonstrates the limits of human rationality; especially in the face of catastrophic risks. Human judgment; it seems; is flawed by the tendency to overestimate the magnitude of rare but evocative risks; while underestimating risks associated with commonplace dangers. […]