BONUS: Getting scared for science with spooky phenomena | Data Science Mixer podcast

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Specializing in the scientific study of frightening leisure activities, Mathias Clasen, director of the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University, dials in from Denmark to share how fear can be quantified and data used creatively to understand our ability to adapt to real-world danger. 

This episode originally premiered on Data Science Mixer on October 5, 2021. The Data Science Mixer podcast lives on its own feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or right here on the Alteryx Community, so in order to hear more insightful episodes like this one, search specifically for "Data Science Mixer" and subscribe.

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Panelists

• Mathias Clasen - Aarhus University profile, Twitter
• Susan Currie Sivek - @SusanCS, LinkedIn, Twitter

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Topics

• Aarhus University Recreational Fear Lab
• Pandemic practice: Horror fans and morbidly curious individuals are more psychologically resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic 
• A Very Nervous Person's Guide to Horror Movies - book by Mathias Clasen

• Playing With Fear: A Field Study in Recreational Horror

• Lessons from a terrified horror researcher | Mathias Clasen | TEDxAarhus

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Cocktail Conversation

There are definitely unique fears that only your fellow data people will understand. What's the most frightening thing you've had happen with a dataset or a project? Did the resulting fear turn out to provide, as Mathias says, "an adaptive learning moment" for you?

Join the conversation by commenting below!

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This episode of Data Science Mixer was produced by Susan Currie Sivek (@SusanCS) and Maddie Johannsen (@MaddieJ).
Special thanks to Ian Stonehouse for the theme music track, and @TaraM  for our album artwork.