Brainwashed by statistics, averages and black magic

30 Sept 2019 · 1 min
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A short spoken excerpt from a Niraj Naik YouTube video arguing that people are "brainwashed" by statistics and reductive averages (e.g., cholesterol, blood pressure). Naik claims averages misrepresent individual variation and that fear and suggestion—likened to "black magic" or voodoo—can create or worsen health problems.

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