We have to be somewhat responsible for the kind of information that we share publicly. Sometimes i think our biases come in for how we interpret data. And i would prefer a lot more honesty about the things that we don't know and theThings that we do know. Because where we're out right now, we could have a whole conversation about how data's untrustworthy.
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.