EP 474: COVID-19, The Presidential Election, and How to Not Be Fooled By Statistics with Dr. Matt Briggs

Dr. Matt Briggs, PhD in mathematical statistics from Cornell, joins The Pat Flynn Show to discuss how to not be fooled by statistics as we tackle important contemporary topics from COVID-19 to the presidential election.  Visit Dr. Briggs website at: https://wmbriggs.com/  Pick up The Price of Panic at: https://amzn.to/2I78ANE  About Dr. Briggs William M. Briggs is a writer, philosopher and itinerant scientist living on a small but densely populated island in the Atlantic Ocean. He earned his PhD from Cornell University in statistics. He studies the philosophy of science, the use and misuses of uncertainty, the corruption of science, and the uselessness of most predictions. He began life as a cryptologist for the Air Force, slipped into weather and climate forecasting, and matured into an epistemologist. He maintains an active and lively blog at wmbriggs.com. The Pat Flynn Show If you enjoyed this episode, it would mean the world to me if you could subscribe to, and leave a review for, The Pat Flynn show on iTunes HERE or Stitcher HERE. Reading your reviews and hearing your feedback is what keeps me fired up to make The Pat Flynn Show happen. Thank you!