How Studies Can Become Famous Before They Are Verified
Prompt
In this journal assignment, you will review a few provided resources on how studies can become famous before they are verified. You will then reflect on how this can happen and why it might be a problem.
- First, read Why Should We Care?, a three-page section of a FlatWorld resource. Focus on the key takeaways toward the bottom of the section.
- Then, take note of the main points from The Media is Ruining Science.
- Afterward, watch the video Adam Ruins Everything: Why Flawed Studies Get Famous.
Using these three sources, respond to the questions below in 400–500 words.
- How do studies get famous before they’re verified?
- Why is this a problem?
- Use reasoning and examples from the readings and video.
