Saturday, September 15, 2007

More evidence that you can use facts to prove anything

Volokh Conspiracy reports that many scientific studies may be sloppy and result-oriented. This may be trouble for pragmatists who seek to shape policy through the courts by use of such studies.

As Homer Simpson has said, you can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true. Forty percent of all people know that.

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