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: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday May 11 2016, @05:50PM
> People trying to make money or grab attention publish utter garbage because the authors are well known.
FTFY