The Washington Post reports on a video from the television series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver regarding flaws in science and in reporting about science.
Topics touched upon by Mr. Oliver include p-hacking, exploratory studies vs. confirmational studies, press releases, the "telephone" effect, animal testing, oversimplification, industry funding, sample sizes, and TED talks.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 11 2016, @05:15PM
Not about him. He seems like a pretty smart guy who seems to be an effective entertainer, though his jokes are pretty formulaic. A cursory glance at the internet shows that I'm not the only one who thinks so.
No, what I'm doing is making dismissive comments about his general viewers.