How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results

JUL

2008

Michael Shermer on why we tend to hold on to anecdotes in the face of evidence to the contrary. Includes a great snapshot of him, Dr. Kiki, and Steve Novella trying wheatgrass juice for The Skeptologists.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-anecdotal-evidence-can-undermine-scientific-results

(via Dr. Kiki)

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