Sympathetic magic again

Stats Chat 2013-08-18

Summary:

Once again, the Herald is relying on sympathetic magic in a nutrition story (previous examples) 1. Walnuts: These nuts look just like a brain, so it makes sense that they’re packed with good stuff for your grey matter.The British Journal of Nutrition reported that eating half a cup of walnuts a day for eight weeks increased reasoning […]

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random variation design of experiments

Authors:

Thomas Lumley

Date tagged:

08/18/2013, 23:20

Date published:

08/18/2013, 22:19