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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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John Oliver on "Bullshit Masquerading as Science"
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(Score: 5, Touché) by Tork on Thursday May 12 2016, @07:02AM
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
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
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