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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 11 2016, @06:48PM
Instead he spent 50 minutes calling him various ad hominem, but that seems to be how everyone debates issues in the media as of lately.
He (Trump) started it! [youtu.be]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 11 2016, @07:03PM
Trump fights fire with fire, and it works for him.