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EPISODE · Apr 17, 2024 · 29 MIN

Episode 3: When Uncertainty Hides in the Blindspot of Overconfidence

from Scientific American Podcast: Science Talk · host Scientific American

Today’s episode of Uncertain is about the ways that studies can leave us overconfident and how “just-so stories” can make us feel overly certain about results that are still a work in progress. And sometimes studies get misleading results because of random error or weird samples or study design. But sometimes science gets things wrong because it’s done by humans, and humans are fallible and imperfect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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