by david allan van nostrand | Oct 28, 2019 | Human Behavior, Items in the News
This is the third anniversary of LetsTakeACloserLook.com. Here is where I’ve written and published more than 150 articles, usually on the topic of misinformation and often involving items in the news. To those of you who have been loyal readers all along...
by david allan van nostrand | Oct 21, 2019 | Items in the News, Misinformation traps, Using Information
A recent study published by the Centers for Disease Control says the United States is experiencing “an epidemic of lung injury” and “use of flavored e-cigarettes by youths has become a serious concern.” Anyone who has seen or heard current events knows both...
by david allan van nostrand | Oct 14, 2019 | Fads, Human Behavior
The great California gold rush began when sawmill builders found gold in a streambed in 1848. Headlines in newspapers around the world told tall tales of gold lying on the ground just waiting to be picked up. Hundreds of thousands of gullible fortune seekers came by...
by david allan van nostrand | Oct 7, 2019 | Misinformation traps, Voodoo Statistics, Young moderns
You know how you hear one story that makes a lot of sense and then you hear another that also makes a lot of sense but you’re bothered because taken together they don’t make any sense at all? Me, too. I examine research studies than most, and because they have...
