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Must-read: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?... It is a shame when someone sees a study that is evidence for (not proof of) something that later turns out to be false, and decides that "science isn't so great after all." This video (and the links below) will hopefully help educate viewers about studies, evidence, and probability. Not all jokes are included in this highlights video - if you prefer, skip this one and click the link below for the full video. Relevant comics (some comics on xkcd and smbc are for adults only/NSFW) http://www.xkcd.com/925/ http://www.xkcd.com/882/ Oxytocin comic: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?... Be aware that double-blind studies vs a placebo are impossible for some scientific issues. We cannot duplicate the earth, ban cars on one of them, and see what happens. We cannot, for other reasons, take a group of teenagers and tell a random half of them to start smoking cigarettes or to get married. With that in mind, here is another comic: http://www.xkcd.com/1462/ We (humans) can, in fact, ban guns in certain areas and not others. And we have. For some info about the results, see this video (7 minutes)    • When Murder Doesn't Count   John Oliver - Obama trying to close Guantanamo (1 minute)    • John Oliver - Obama trying to close Guanta...   Religion and wishful thinking (1.4 minutes)    • Religion Gives Life Meaning, with Sam Harris   Full video (source)    • Scientific Studies: Last Week Tonight with...   "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Scientific Studies (HBO)" Important lesson about knowing whether something causes something else https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correla... highlight highlights summary clip clips stats math maths stat mathematics statistics Description of source video: John Oliver discusses how and why media outlets so often report untrue or incomplete information as science. Note: Several videos uploaded to this channel before 2018 featured "annotations" - words that would appear at specific times and would sometimes link to other videos. This feature is no longer available on YouTube and all annotations were removed. Fair use for commentary, criticism, and education. No money has been, or ever will be, generated by this channel.