Many false scientific beliefs start with misrepresented scientific studies over-hyped to make them more interesting to the layperson. John Oliver does a fantastic job of explaining this phenomenon in this YouTube video:
If you watch the entire 20 minutes, you'll get to hear this gem from Al Roker, "I think the way to live your life is you find the study that sounds best to you and you go with that."
Recent studies show that this really pisses us off!
Monday, May 09, 2016
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