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John Oliver explains? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw
by melling 10y ago
John Oliver explains?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rnq1NpHdmw
- jimrandomh 10y agoJohn Oliver pointed out that the media usually distorts what the studies say. He failed to flag the problem of junk science in high-prestige journals. (Edit: I just re-watched his segment. He does talk about P-hacking and perverse incentives, which is at least a reasonable-size chunk of the problem, just not the failure mode for this particular study.)
- arcanus 10y agoI still agree with you, he did not place enough of the blame on scientists who are unable or unwilling to properly communicate the implications of their work.