Cracking up about patterns and cause
I just received an email from a contractor in Austria who described a legal problem that many contractors face. Apparently, demolition crews are sued regularly by homeowners for damage to nearby homes....
View ArticleToyotas, media hysteria, and the illusion of cause
Independent investigative journalist Mike Fumento has been looking into the recent media uproar over Toyotas that suddenly accelerate out of control. Recall the tearful testimony before Congress of...
View ArticleScience or Sciencey [part 1]
Part 1 of a 4-part series examining what happens when science is used for marketing (using brain-training software as the central example). [part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4] [Full disclosure: I am a...
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Part 2 of a 4-part series examining what happens when science is used for marketing (using brain-training software as the central example). [part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4] [Full disclosure: I am a...
View ArticleScience or Sciencey [part 3]
Part three of a 4-part series examining what happens when science is used for marketing (using brain-training software as the central example). [part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4] [Full disclosure: I...
View ArticleScience or Sciencey [part 4]
The final part of a 4-part series examining what happens when science is used for marketing (using brain-training software as the central example). [part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4] [Full disclosure:...
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Book review: Deadly Choices by Paul Offit
Deadly Choices explores the history of the introduction of new vaccines and the anti-vaccine movements that tend to follow. Offit is a prominent virologist and he doesn’t hide his scorn for some in...
View Articlemy animated mug on CBS
I was interviewed for a brief segment on CBS Sunday Morning yesterday. The segment was entitled “The Truth about Lies” and was part of a feature called “The Fast Draw” by Josh Landis and Mitch Butler....
View ArticleThink video games make you smarter? Not so fast…
Updated on 9/13/11 at 4:50pm: Minor tone/wording update to the conclusion and a little more detail on alternative explanations for correlational results after the break. Try to spot the flaw in this...
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