How Bad Numbers Become "Science" | Tom Woods Show #2761

About this episode

Aaron Brown discusses how misleading statistics can be presented as scientific facts.

When people tell you USAID saved 91 million lives, do you believe them? Why or why not? Aaron Brown cuts through the statistical-industrial complex. (Ep. 2761 of the Tom Woods Show) Sponsors: CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com Code: WOODS for $99 per month for the first 3 months Persist SEO: https://persistseo.com Book Discussed: Wrong Number: How to Extract Truth from a Blizzard of Quantitative Disinformation https://a.co/d/04JgYDq6 Video Series: Wrong Number with Aaron Brown https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBuns9Evn1w_SLGfUY5i__wzUF5f8e7ec Show notes page: https://tomwoods.com/2761 Other Important Links: https://SupportingListeners.com https://TomSchoolofLife.com https://LibertyClassroom.com https://RonPaulHomeschool.com https://NationalDivorce.com Audio & Video Production & Thumbnails by: Podsworth Media https://podsworth.com Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk Intro & Outro audio & video by Chris Williams, Chris Beeman, & Robert…

People in this episode

Host: Tom Woods

Guest: Aaron Brown

Topics covered

• statistics
• USAID
• quantitative disinformation
• data analysis
• science

Keywords

• USAID
• statistics
• disinformation
• science
• data

Sponsors

CrowdHealth, Persist SEO

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USAID, Podsworth Media

Books & works: Wrong Number: How to Extract Truth from a Blizzard of Quantitative Disinformation, Wrong Number with Aaron Brown

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