I'm not a scientist. I do have a BSc. but nothing more impressive. I do wince when I hear some assumptions that people make who don't have basic science (and statistical) knowledge. What basic scientific or statistical principles do you wish the general public (and members thereof) knew about?
I'll start. Causation and correlation. A correlation doesn't prove causation. Particularly when that correlation is a correlation of one. "I had the flu vaccine and got the flu really badly" isn't causation.
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MrsTerryPratchett · 15/11/2020 16:55
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