BSI’s Emily Kaplan explains the difference between absolute risk and relative risk, using a fictitious example to illustrate how results can be made to sound profound, when they really aren’t.

There has been a commonly held belief that there was nothing one could do to prevent Alzheimer’s. Dr. Dale Bredesen has found that your memory’s [...]

Science, once a beacon of objectivity, has become marred by corruption and misuse. At BSI, we are on a mission to unravel the tyranny of [...]

Emily: Welcome to the Broken Science Podcast where we consider what happens when predictive value is replaced by consensus in science. This week on the [...]

William Briggs builds upon Greg Glassman's Castro Ranch talk introducing The Broken Science Initiative. Briggs emphasizes that his critique is not aimed at all types of science, but rather at the growing prevalence of broken and bad science. Briggs highlights two especially impactful examples of broken science, namely the COVID "panic" and climate change. Using these examples, Briggs demonstrates how reliance on flawed models and blind trust in "the science" has lead to severe political and social ramifications for everyone.

Transcript Greg Glassman: Good evening. How is everyone? How’s the food? Good. Any CrossFitters in here? Crowd: *Cheers* Greg Glassman: It’s good to see you [...]

William Briggs builds upon Greg Glassman's Castro Ranch talk introducing The Broken Science Initiative. Briggs emphasizes that his critique is not aimed at all types of science, but rather at the growing prevalence of broken and bad science. Briggs highlights two especially impactful examples of broken science, namely the COVID "panic" and climate change. Using these examples, Briggs demonstrates how reliance on flawed models and blind trust in "the science" has lead to severe political and social ramifications for everyone.

Greg Glassman introduces the Broken Science Initiative, a new endeavor dedicated to exploring and disseminating knowledge about broken science. He discusses how a curriculum is [...]