In this episode of Cerebral, we will briefly explore how "Availability Heuristic" or "Availability Bias", a mental shortcut that we use to assign likelihoods of a particular event or behavior, leads to irrational fears and makes us vulnerable to exploitation through mass propaganda. 

Links: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_cascade

Bill Gates ted talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_the_next_outbreak_we_re_not_ready?language=en

Music: 

Bio Unit - Idiophone

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