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#923 Nicholas Brown: How to Spot Bad Science

The Dissenter

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Unreliable Data Sources in Predicting Heart Disease Rates

The chapter delves into a study that attempted to predict heart disease rates in US counties using Twitter language patterns, but faced criticism for relying on noisy data and erroneous references. It discusses the flaws in the study's methodology, including questionable use of machine learning models and unreliable data sources from social media platforms.

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