Rebecca Oryou: How do we get from understanding that experimental things are hard to come by? Tim michael: It's irresponsible to publish a study on why breast feeding is better than formula. And how responsible do we need to be in communicating that to people as a whole? We could talk for three hours about women and mathematics, oryou says.
Our podcast junkie co-host heard the following statement on another podcast a while back when he was out for a jog: "I actually think the word 'uncertainty' is used in English in a very different way than the word 'uncertainty' is used in statistics." He almost ran into a tree (causation is unclear: he's not known for his gross motor skills, which may have been a confounder). Not only is that quote, essentially, the theme for this episode, but the person who said it, Dr. Rebecca Goldin from George Mason University, was our guest! And we are absolutely CERTAIN that it was every bit as enlightening a discussion as it was a fun one! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.