Pathological Science: What every journalist and politician should know (part 3 of 3)
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As you read this Substack version please keep in mind that subscripts and superscripts were not displayed after uploading. Although bad science has always been around, most people usually pay very little attention to it because it doesn’t affect them. Journalists and politicians, on the other hand, love bad science because it provides them with the authority of real science without the need to follow the scientific process. Bad science becomes particularly insidious when it is mixed together with some real science, making it quite difficult to detect. So, the obvious question to ask is how do you recognize bad science when you see it?
Pathological Science: What every journalist and politician should know (part 3 of 3)
Pathological Science: What every journalist…
Pathological Science: What every journalist and politician should know (part 3 of 3)
As you read this Substack version please keep in mind that subscripts and superscripts were not displayed after uploading. Although bad science has always been around, most people usually pay very little attention to it because it doesn’t affect them. Journalists and politicians, on the other hand, love bad science because it provides them with the authority of real science without the need to follow the scientific process. Bad science becomes particularly insidious when it is mixed together with some real science, making it quite difficult to detect. So, the obvious question to ask is how do you recognize bad science when you see it?