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5 May 2013
How To Think Like a Scientist and Why You Should
Anecdotal evidence can be very interesting, and it can lead to great discoveries, but it’s usually false. Unfortunately, many people make almost all of their decisions based on it. In some rare cases it’s almost a necessity, but in most you do not, and certainly should not. To a scientist, anecdotal evidence says something along the lines of “hey, I wonder if someone has tested this scientifically and discovered what the truth …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.