A science headline is meant to entice potential readers and provide a summary of the science that lie within the article. More often than not, the latter goal is forgotten. We are overwhelmed with media feeds of all kinds, and so it can be exhausting to have to read through every link you find. I’m …
Part of the reason why correlation is so hard to make out in the wild is that it’s often disguised in science coverage. Things like: x is associated with yx may be connected to yx may suggest that…. and so on so forth… It’s a general good rule of thumb that if you see any …
One of the superpowers you get as a scientist is the ability to be so specific on anything you say that nobody can say that you were wrong on the internet. Instead of… 1) You’re wrong 2) See? I’m right! 3) This is… 4) This is proof Try… 1) I am not convinced (for when …
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Finally – my own website! My own podcast! Time to start doing things! Here’s something I didn’t feel was appropriate to include in my first shiny episode of my shiny new podcast advocating for the power of scientific reasoning: I think there is a such thing as taking things too far. A downside of learning …