Science oops: Much bad science (and worse media coverage of it)
The problem isn't bad science but what happens next: disastrous media coverage of bad science studies, and a lack of skeptical inquiry by reporters.
Factfulness and Skepticism on: Business, Tech, Energy, Global issues. Sometimes satire and parody.
The problem isn't bad science but what happens next: disastrous media coverage of bad science studies, and a lack of skeptical inquiry by reporters.
Many things said in the media about climate are not true. They focus on improbable, scary scenarios – and link every puff of wind to climate change and predict doom,…
Gloomy: Only 23% of adults under age 30 said that having children was very important and of the total 1,019 respondents, 78% say they aren’t confident that their children’s lives…
March 2020 In the spring of 2020, Covid case counts were low in the Czech Republic. A native writer from Czech, now living a dual life in both the US…
The NY Times relied upon a software engineer who retrained in sociology to study the intersection of technology and society to write columns on epidemiology topics. The NY Times gave…
Back in the 1980s, tech companies promoted something called “flex time” – meaning you could, allegedly, set your own start and end time each day. Come in late but then…