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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

The Washington Post reports [washingtonpost.com] on a video [youtube.com] from the television series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver [wikipedia.org] regarding flaws in science and in reporting about science.

Topics touched upon by Mr. Oliver include p-hacking [wikipedia.org], exploratory studies vs. confirmational studies, press releases, the "telephone" effect [wikipedia.org], animal testing, oversimplification, industry [berkeley.edu] funding [wikipedia.org], sample sizes [wikipedia.org], and TED talks [wikipedia.org].

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