Availability heuristic
Bias Lab · Roleplay

One viral story. Cancel the trip?

A vivid video of a tourist being robbed is everywhere in your feed days before your city break. Your sibling Noor wants you to cancel, although neither of you has checked current local risk.

Your role

You, deciding whether and how to travel

Objective

Move from vividness to rates, relevance, and practical risk reduction without dismissing legitimate concern.

Assess the risk with Noor

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Please do not go. I have seen that robbery video everywhere, then three more people in the comments said the same thing happened to them. It clearly is not safe right now. A cheap flight is not worth becoming the next clip.
Choose your travel response

What do you do about the trip?

There is no preferred outcome. Your investigation and decision process are what will be evaluated.