Regression To The Mean
Regression to the mean is a little-understood statistical concept that explains why we can very easily be misled by a small amount of data, but gathering more data can give us a better picture of what’s going on.
Newer Isn't Better
Newer isn’t better, and often is actively worse. Unfortunately, many industries can only survive by providing us with a constant stream of new and exciting information or products - so we need to learn to sort the useful from the useless in real time.
Why Science Doesn't Prove Much Of Anything: Understanding Falsificationism
It’s commonly believed that scientific theories become “proven” “truths” when enough evidence is gathered, and this mistake leads to a lot of misconceptions about how science works. The reality is that no scientific theory is (realistically) ever proven - generally, we just have more and more evidence that a theory is “good enough” for the time being.
Can Humans Predict The Future?
Human beings are absolutely TERRIBLE at predicting the future, and it’s unlikely that we’ll ever be any good at it. Here’s why.
Understanding The Thermic Effect Of Food
The thermic effect of food is a little-known effect that explains why a calorie may not appear to be a calorie - why we can eat two foods with roughly the same number of calories, but get very different results in terms of our health and physique.