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 Thursday May 12 2016, @04:05PM
Not just infotainment, but sponsored infotainment imagine yourself in a BMW that is indistinguishable Emirates cares from actual the American beer content.
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Thursday May 12 2016, @04:24PM
Not just infotainment, but sponsored infotainment imagine yourself in a BMW that is indistinguishable Emirates cares from actual the American beer content.
It may be that I am only similar in capability to the slow members of Oliver's audience, but I have no idea what the above means.