Watch the TED Talk Battling Bad Science (14 minutes). Find a current media story that cites at least one research study to advise you on some aspect of your life (examples: drink a glass of wine a day to prevent something, don’t eat avocados to prevent something, mediate for better mental health, etc). The story could be a video, something publicized through social media or an article in a newspaper or magazine.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_ba…
Instructions
Read through the story and then search for the original research study through the OLLU library. Write a discussion post describing:
- The original media source that you found;
- Your search for the original research article;
- A brief overview of the original research article; and
- An assessment of whether it is in your best interest to follow that advice.
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