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David DeSteno / Calibrating Our Fear

Fear is a shortcut to prepare the body for any threats, but we need to calibrate our fears to be proportional to the situation. How to best ride the wave of COVID-19 fear, and not get swept away.

Click above to listen to part 2 of Skeptic Check: Pandemic Fear, featuring David DeSteno, Social psychologist and professor of psychology at Northeastern University.

Skeptic Check: Pandemic Fear:
Part 1: Peter Hall / Rational Action
Part 2: David DeSteno / Calibrating Our Fear
Part 3: Hand Washing Tutorial
Part 4: Davey Smith / Doctor’s Advice
Part 5: John Barry / Spanish Flu

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