John-Peder Escobar Kvitting

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John-Peder Escobar Kvitting er ph.d., spesialist i thoraxkirurgi og overlege ved Thoraxkirurgisk avdeling ved Oslo universitetssykehus, Rikshospitalet, og førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for klinisk medisin ved Universitetet i Oslo.

Articles by John-Peder Escobar Kvitting

Supersonic passenger aircraft, the Oedipus Trap and the reluctance to reverse a decision

John-Peder Escobar Kvitting,
Paal H.H. Lindenskov,
Kalle Moene

18.03.2024: Why is it so difficult to reconsider a decision? At the very least, mountain-savvy Norwegians should remember: 'Turn back before it's too late, there's no shame in turning back!' Economic, psychological, historical and evolutionary biology factors help to explain the reluctance to reverse a decision...

Black swans and fat tails

John-Peder Escobar Kvitting,
Paal H.H. Lindenskov,
Kalle Moene

12.12.2022: Economists use the terms black swans and fat-tailed distributions to describe rare, but high-impact events in areas ranging from the financial markets to climate change. We would do well to take such phenomena into account – including in medicine. Until a black swan was discovered in Western...