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14 Jan, 9 tweets, 4 min read
This is a thread on statistics in science: 1/7 (via @LogicofScience)

Basic Statistics Part 1: The Law of Large Numbers thelogicofscience.com/2015/01/28/bas…

#Science #Statistics
Basic Statistics Part 2: Correlation vs. Causation

thelogicofscience.com/2015/01/28/bas… (2/7)
Basic Statistics Part 3: The Dangers of Large Data Sets: A Tale of P values, Error Rates, and Bonferroni Corrections

thelogicofscience.com/2015/04/07/bas… (3/7)
Basic statistics part 4: understanding P values

thelogicofscience.com/2015/12/28/bas… (4/7)
Basic Statistics Part 5: Means vs Medians, Is the “Average” Reliable?

thelogicofscience.com/2016/10/10/bas…
(5/7)
Basic Statistics Part 6: Confounding Factors and Experimental Design

thelogicofscience.com/2017/02/14/bas… (6/7)
When can correlation equal causation?

thelogicofscience.com/2017/10/03/whe… (7/7)
While you are here, also have a look at this thread on rules of logic:

Thanks for your patience.

May be mark this thread too for reading later? One on logical fallacies:

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14 Jan
A vaccine or a drug does not automatically become safe just because it was produced or manufactured in a particular country.

A vaccine or a drug should not be given special exemptions from rigourous testing just because it was produced or manufactured in a particular country.
Transparency, honesty and clarity about the trials/study are of paramount importance when it comes to science communication and dissemination of scientific information to general public.

Something that's clearly lacking from the press releases and statements of ICMR/Indian Govt
Are vaccines generally safe? YES

Would I take the vaccine even if it is in phase 2/3 clinical trial phase if I'm informed so? YES

Am I OK with misrepresentation of multiple facts? Absolutely NO.

Honesty and admitting the unknown should be the basis of good science.
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8 Jan
When you find a doctor saying "i respect all systems of medicine" that just means he/she doesn't understand what evidence based medicine is. They may be genuinely humble, may have best of the intentions but unfortunately, most likely DO NOT understand the scientific methodology!
Humility is indeed great. But when humility, unintentionally is a result of not knowing what you don't know or not knowing something you are expected to know as a part of your profession which in turn gives unintentional promotion or platform to pseudoscience is a genuine concern
One fine example is the conversation between Sadhguru and Devi Shetty on 'systems of medicine'. Lack of understanding of scientific methodology and EBM is laid bare on this conversation multiple times.
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27 Dec 20
If mere existence of a 'RCT' is the sole benchmark for calling something 'evidence', entirely ignoring the quality of the study then ANY treatment promoted by the pseudoscience lobby can be recommended by that logic. We can find a shoddy RCT somewhere!
No. We aren't against Yoga. Yoga sans all the woo, hype, mysticism, supernatural claims, and the accompanying pseudoscience would probably be good as a part of healthy lifestyle as exercise when done in 'reasonable limits'.

It is the 'cure for all' claims which we are against.
We are against the misrepresentations like these (in the study) claiming it to be superior to exercise somehow because it is 'yoga' you know?!

We are against being vague about definitions and trying to market it as some kind of magic cure or a secret science now being revealed!
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26 Dec 20
Does anyone else feel that this tweet from Chief Scientist of WHO is borderline problematic and adds more more fuel to the pseudoscience industry?

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A link claiming the effectives of 'Yoga' improving 'all parameters' is shared. But the link doesn't give access to the full study or paper as far as we can see. Has it undergone peer review and critical appraisal? We are unsure.
Ministry of AYUSH which thrives on promoting pseudoscience, especially HOMEOPATHY in India is tagged which makes it even more bizzare. Pseudoscience is legitimised in India, there's a ministry for it and then the WHO's chf scientist gives importance to such a ministry on twitter!
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9 Sep 20
A look at some of the principles of critical thinking:

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#CriticalThinking
The Burden of Proof: Makers of supernatural claims have an inescapable burden of proof.



#CriticalThinking
Open-mindedness:

A look at some of the flawed thinking that prompts people who believe in certain non-scientific concepts to advise others who don't to be more open-minded.



#CriticalThinking
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