From: Lawrence Krauss
To: Adam Zwickle
Cc: R F Shan raw , Nancy Dahl-Tacconi
, mot y Lant c, Sander Van Der Leeuw
Subject: Re: Long Term Decision Making
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:20:39 +0000
Interestingly, this is precisely a subject that I have begun to discuss with people at ASU about, as we have a
'decision theater' that helps facilitate such studies.. and I was thinking of having a term long workshop with
various decision science people and decision makers to study different scenarios for how people make decisions
about key issues.. I think it could be fascinating.. as a part of the Origins Project I am directing.. part of our
"Origins of the Future" program..
I am cc'ing this to various people with whom I have discussed this possibility.
LMK
Lawrence M. Krauss
Foundation Professor
Director, The ASU Origins Project
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Assoc. Dir, Beyond Center
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Earth and Space Exploration
PO Box 871404 Tem e AZ 85287-1404
http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu
Assistant (Jessica): 480-965-9825
On Jun 12, 2010, at 8:17 AM, Adam Zwickle wrote:
Dr. Krauss,
A colleague of mine forwarded your recent interview on Science Friday to me, as it is very much related to what I am
studying. I am a second year PhD student at Ohio State University in decision science studying long term decision
making. Ultimately, my goal is to work towards improving the way experts make decisions in regards to long term
consequences. You said in you interview that people "need to change they way they think"...I couldn't agree more. I
agree with you that humans and the earth would be a much better place if people were able to consider the implications
their actions would hold for future generations.
Decision science is a subfield within cognitive psychology, while I am part of a multidisciplinary program of environment
and natural resources. My research goals are to take decision science out of the psychology laboratory and test it among
expert decision makers in the real world, where hopefully it can make a positive difference.
One big obstacle I foresee is finding a group of decision makers who would be willing to participate in an 'experimental'
process. While this stage of my research is still over a year away, I welcome any suggestions or advice you have as to
specific groups or possible contexts for applying this research in the field.
I enjoyed your interview thoroughly, and thank you for your time!
Sincerely,
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Adam Zwickle
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