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Episode 28: Calling Bullshit with Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West
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Episode 28: We’re back with a new episode of Sit’N Listen, this time with guests Dr. Carl Bergstrom and Dr. Jevin West to discuss their book "Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World."Introduction (00:00)About the authors (00:50)What is bullshit? (09:01)Goodhard’s Law (13:39)Graph reading pitfalls (20:46)Correlation and causat…
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Episode 27: We’re back with a new episode of Sit’N Listen, this time with the second part of our two part series on Earth & Space.This episode was written by: Samantha Tracy, Priya Veeraraghavan, and Edward ChenA special thanks to the Sit’N Listen production team: Delphine Tripp, Chad Stein, Daniel Richard, Samantha Tracy, Priya Veeraraghavan, and …
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Sit'N Listen! Space and Earth: Oceanography and Astrobiology Ext Interview
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In the first episode on our Earth and Space Series, we heard a little bit about how research on Earth’s oceans has had major implications for the search for life in the cosmos. Here, we’ve published an extended interview with a pioneer in this area of exploration: Dr. Christopher German. Dr. German is a Senior Scientist who focuses on geochemistry …
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