"Badscience - a fun site" Topic
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26 Feb 2009 8:32 a.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
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| imrael | 26 Feb 2009 5:24 a.m. PST |
I've recently re-discovered Ben Goldacres "badscience.net" blog and web site – endless fun. He's a medical man so theres a medical/biology slant to his debunking, but not exclusively so. |
Stronty Girl  | 26 Feb 2009 6:33 a.m. PST |
Yes, Ben Goldacre is a star. I've just bought his book. |
| Stronty Girl | 26 Feb 2009 6:41 a.m. PST |
Oh and if you like him, you might also like the Radio 4 series which looks at use and misuse of statistics. I think it is called More Or Less. |
| adub74 | 26 Feb 2009 8:45 a.m. PST |
"use and misuse of statistics" Did you know that most people have more then the average number of fingers? :) |
| Pictors Studio | 26 Feb 2009 1:12 p.m. PST |
4/3 of pro football players can't do basic math. |
| Gunfreak | 26 Feb 2009 1:48 p.m. PST |
25% of the worlds population makes up 3/5th of it |
| Stronty Girl | 27 Feb 2009 6:38 a.m. PST |
My favourite bad statistic was a TV documentary about a certain type of cancer. It proudly announced at one point that eating such-and-such a food "lowered the probability of death". Not lowered the probability of death FROM THAT CANCER – but the whole probability of death. If only I could remember what the food was, I could be immortal! |
 McKinstry  | 27 Feb 2009 7:01 a.m. PST |
If only I could remember what the food was, I could be immortal! Ideally it involves deep fat frying, large quantities of meat and gravy. |
| Stronty Girl | 28 Feb 2009 5:50 a.m. PST |
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| gweirda | 28 Feb 2009 6:20 a.m. PST |
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| Last Hussar | 03 Apr 2009 3:58 p.m. PST |
I've got more than the average number of eyes. |
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