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Professor Sir [[Colin Berry]] is professor of morbid anatomy and histopathology at Queen Mary, University of London. He spoke on the subject of 'The future of risk' at the [[Spiked]] conference, "Panic attack: Interrogating our obsession with risk", on Friday 9 May 2003, at the [[Royal Institution]] in London.<ref>Professor Sir Colin Berry, [http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D29C.htm Risk, science and society], Spiked, 1 Nov 2001, acc 29 May 2010</ref> | Professor Sir [[Colin Berry]] is professor of morbid anatomy and histopathology at Queen Mary, University of London. He spoke on the subject of 'The future of risk' at the [[Spiked]] conference, "Panic attack: Interrogating our obsession with risk", on Friday 9 May 2003, at the [[Royal Institution]] in London.<ref>Professor Sir Colin Berry, [http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D29C.htm Risk, science and society], Spiked, 1 Nov 2001, acc 29 May 2010</ref> | ||
| − | In an article for Spiked, Berry wrote: | + | In an article for Spiked, subtitled, "why the precautionary principle - the substitution of prejudice for data - leads to irrational convictions", Berry wrote: |
:In the context of the safety of our day-to-day environment, we have become highly risk-averse. Our obsession with very small risks has reached a stage that results in damage to society.<ref>Professor Sir Colin Berry, [http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D29C.htm Risk, science and society], Spiked, 1 Nov 2001, acc 29 May 2010</ref> | :In the context of the safety of our day-to-day environment, we have become highly risk-averse. Our obsession with very small risks has reached a stage that results in damage to society.<ref>Professor Sir Colin Berry, [http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D29C.htm Risk, science and society], Spiked, 1 Nov 2001, acc 29 May 2010</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:58, 29 May 2010
Professor Sir Colin Berry is professor of morbid anatomy and histopathology at Queen Mary, University of London. He spoke on the subject of 'The future of risk' at the Spiked conference, "Panic attack: Interrogating our obsession with risk", on Friday 9 May 2003, at the Royal Institution in London.[1]
In an article for Spiked, subtitled, "why the precautionary principle - the substitution of prejudice for data - leads to irrational convictions", Berry wrote:
- In the context of the safety of our day-to-day environment, we have become highly risk-averse. Our obsession with very small risks has reached a stage that results in damage to society.[2]
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- ↑ Professor Sir Colin Berry, Risk, science and society, Spiked, 1 Nov 2001, acc 29 May 2010
- ↑ Professor Sir Colin Berry, Risk, science and society, Spiked, 1 Nov 2001, acc 29 May 2010
