Just came across a great article, Don't dumb me down in a column in the Guardian called Bad Science.
We laughed, we cried, we learned about statistics ... Ben Goldacre on why writing Bad Science has increased his suspicion of the media by, ooh, a lot of per cents
An insightful article on how the media doesn't "get" science.
Reminds me of some of the arguments surrounding the so-called "Intelligent Design". By pointing to supposed controversy in science, creationists see this as proof of the uncertainty of the scientific method, and then go about sticking their deity in the cracks. Someone should explain to them the whole concept of a "falsifiable hypothesis". Works for me!
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