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John Oliver on "Bullshit Masquerading as Science"

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 11 2016, @04:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-the-facts,-ma'am dept.

butthurt writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 11 2016, @10:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 11 2016, @10:34PM (#344920)

    Stopped reading at "butt hurt". Learn to form an argument without ad hominem if you want anyone to actually listen to you.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 12 2016, @02:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 12 2016, @02:08AM (#344986)

    I listened to him and totally agree with what he said.
    You just seem butt hurt that facts got in the way of you Donald love.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 12 2016, @05:02AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 12 2016, @05:02AM (#345054)

    Argumentative fallacies aren't fallacies because they are wrong, they're fallacies because they don't create compelling arguments. At the same time, accusing the poster you're debating with of using a fallacy is not some kind of instant win, and you don't get to ignore his or her points just because you can't address them.

  • (Score: 5, Touché) by Tork on Thursday May 12 2016, @07:02AM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 12 2016, @07:02AM (#345100)

    Learn to form an argument without ad hominem if you want anyone to actually listen to you.

    Now that is an unexpected position for a Trump supporter to take.

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    • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Friday May 13 2016, @10:13AM

      by cubancigar11 (330) on Friday May 13 2016, @10:13AM (#345588) Homepage Journal

      Did I just miss or publicly shaming people for being not politically-correct was something conservatives started?

      Or liberals just can't take the medicine they give others?

      • (Score: 2) by Tork on Friday May 13 2016, @04:45PM

        by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 13 2016, @04:45PM (#345723)
        Nah, all you missed was one AC not following through on his principles. Not the fault of anyone else.
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