The Purpose and Limitations of Observational Studies
Emily explains the strengths, weaknesses, and ways to interpret observational studies. These types of studies can be useful for identifying links between things, and then generating hypotheses. However, the results of any observational study are ...
Understanding All-Cause Mortality
In this next video, BSI's Emily Kaplan explains all-cause mortality, and how it should be included when considering any medical treatment.
What’s in the placebo?
While placebos are meant to be benign, drug companies frequently use “active” placebos, meant to mimic the side effects of the real drug. The specifics of the placebos are rarely disclosed, and their effects may ...
New Course Coming Soon – Navigating a Broken Medical System
This class is designed to help you chart your own course; it will identify major problems with modern medicine and give you tools to manage those shortcomings. Through education you can better protect yourself against ...
Greg Glassman – Replication Crisis, Bad Science Uncovered
Originally recorded in 2017 by BSI co-founder Greg Glassman, this talk hones in on a critical issue that BSI considers a major breaking point in scientific integrity: the "Replication Crisis."
Correlation Vs. Causation
In this second installment, BSI's Emily Kaplan breaks down the difference between corollary studies and causal studies. Corollary studies can show relationships between data sets, they do not establish cause.
Absolute Risk Vs. Relative Risk
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.
Ep 4: Greg Glassman – Breaking Down Broken Science
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 broken science and those who exploit it. In this week’s ...
Ep 3: Gary Taubes – How Broken Science Led to an Obesity Epidemic
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 Broken Science Podcast, we're revisiting an episode that I did for ...
Ep 2: William Briggs – Climate and Covid, How Models Work (or Don’t)
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 ...