Healthy Skepticism
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Healthy Skepticism
Here, for each of the five sessions: the slides as shown in class, a take-home summary that works the session's arithmetic again at reading pace, and a fuller paper on each fault the session teaches. Everything is yours to keep, print, and mark up. The one request is that the password stay with subscribers and students of the course.
Session 1
What does a 36% improvement from taking a drug really mean?
Session 2
Does a positive COVID test mean I have it? Does a negative mean I’m not contagious?
Session 3
How concerned should you be if your systolic blood pressure goes from 119 to 120? And why does the published medical advice keep changing?
Session 4
If two people have the same diagnosis, what do they actually have in common?
Session 5
Does bird watching prevent dementia?