My favourite example is used by the Flying Spaghetti Monster cult (if you don't
know, go search!) who claim that global warming is caused by the decline in
traditional swashbuckling piracy. They have some nice data that shows thew
correlation quite clearly. Bring back Robert Newton.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 03/01/2012, at 5:57 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I knew I'd find it eventually. Tom Naughton gives his speech on how to
> tell good science from bad science. An excellent presentation on
> clinical vs. observational studies and correlation vs. causation. You
> might enjoy listening to the entire thing (48 minutes) but the
> correlation of red meat with colon cancer is given a jab at 28 minutes
> (but start at 27 minutes for the main point). Very humorous.
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