A new walks-into-a-bar joke begins (thanks to reader Kip Hansen for the tip): A mathematician, a philosopher and a gambler walk into a bar. As the barman pulls each of them a […]

I made this picture for my talk at the first ever public Broken Science event (videos coming soon): Everybody has heard the saying “correlation doesn’t imply causation.” Taken loosely, it seems wrong, […]

See the new analysis at the bottom, prompted by a question from Joe Bastardi. Update I have two words for the people who did this. You know what they are. Police are […]

I was having an argument with a friend who was on his way to a conference to point out the shortcomings and over-confidence of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM). With EBM, you can’t […]

I was asked this question the other day: “Is science becoming stupider?” I was forced to answer this way: “Boy, howdy! Science will be lucky to reach stupid the end of the […]

Video Link The Epidemiologist Fallacy marries the Ecological Fallacy with the P-value Fallacy. The Ecological Fallacy is when it is said X causes Y, but X is not measured, and instead a […]

Since many won’t believe it: NEW: Biden admin considering nationwide ban on gas stoves – Bloomberg report — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) January 9, 2023 And in a remarkable coincidence, this also came […]

I love air pollution. Smells like progress. Good for you. Nothing healthier. Except smoking. There, now that that’s out of the way, let’s get to the paper “Air pollution-induced missed abortion risk […]