Episode 7
Dec 10, 2022
Statistics are amazing! No, really -- we found a fun, brilliant human to talk to us about using statistics to engage with the world in a more informed way.
EPISODE 7
Statistics are amazing! No, really -- we found a fun, brilliant human to talk to us about using statistics to engage with the world in a more informed way. Lauren Fowler (who is basically the same as Charlie from Top Gun) helps Cal and Corey shine light on the back of their knees and make it make sense.
Within Reach: The Quest for Information and Research is February 25-26 (and is NCBTMB approved for CE hours): https://www.healwell.org/literacy2023
CEs are available for this episode: https://online.healwell.org/courses/interdisciplinary-s9-e7
Books mentioned in this episode:
Merchants of Doubt: https://www.merchantsofdoubt.org/
Thinking, Fast and Slow: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374533557/thinkingfastandslow
Scale: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/314049/scale-by-geoffrey-west/
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780805073690/whyzebrasdontgetulcers
Behave: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31170723-behave
Hypercapitalism: https://thenewpress.com/books/hypercapitalism
About Our Guest:
Lauren Fowler is a Professor of Neuroscience at Wake Forest School of Medicine.