Why Anecdotes Trump Data
A story is worth a thousand data points. My second channel: http://bit.ly/2veritasium More info on this topic: http://wke.lt/w/s/TzNC0.
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Some critics of the TV show Mythbusters claimthat the show misrepresents the scientific process.For example, experiments are sometimes conducted only onceand without adequate controls,but then these results aregeneralized to make definitive claimsrather than repeating the experimentand using statistical analysis as a scientist wouldto figure out what is really true.So, ironically a showthat is meant to educate people about sciencemay instead be giving them the opposite impressionof how science works.But you know, similar criticisms had been made of Veritasium.For example, when Destin and I performedour experiments to show that the water swirlsthe opposite way in the northern and southern hemispheres,we only showed doing it onceeven though we each did it three or four times in our own hemisphere.And I guess that brings forth t...
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Some critics of the TV show Mythbusters claimthat the show misrepresents the scientific process.For example, experiments are sometimes conducted only onceand without adequate controls,but then these results aregeneralized to make definitive claimsrather than repeating the experimentand using statistical analysis as a scientist wouldto figure out what is really true.So, ironically a showthat is meant to educate people about sciencemay instead be giving them the opposite impressionof how science works.But you know, similar criticisms had been made of Veritasium.For example, when Destin and I performedour experiments to show that the water swirlsthe opposite way in the northern and southern hemispheres,we only showed doing it onceeven though we each did it three or four times in our own hemisphere.And I guess that brings forth t...
