Podcast for 20 May 2013

[MrBogosity]

[mp3]http://podcast.bogosity.tv/mp3s/BogosityPodcast-2013-05-20.mp3[/mp3]


News of the Bogus:

• 0:25 - Flu in pregnancy may quadruple child's risk for bipolar disorder http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130514101459.htm
  
  
  
  • Taliban renounces war on anti-polio workers http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/10053981/Taliban-renounces-war-on-anti-polio-workers.html
• 2:45 - North Carolina Tesla ban? Bill would prevent "unfair competition" with car dealerships. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/13/north_carolina_tesla_ban_bill_would_prevent_unfair_competition_with_car.html

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• 6:10 - Most Transparent Administration in History Releases Completely Redacted Document About Text Snooping
  http://reason.com/blog/2013/05/13/most-transparent-administration-in-histo
  
  
  
  • FBI Documents Suggest Feds Read Emails Without a Warrant http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/fbi-documents-suggest-feds-read-emails-without-warrant
  • Totally Redacted FOIA response http://www.scribd.com/doc/141222327/Totally-Redacted-FOIA-response
  • CRM-7.pdf http://www.aclu.org/files/pdfs/email-content-foia/DOJ%20Crim%20Div%20docs/CRM-7.pdf

8:30 - Biggest Bogon Emitter: NaturalNews http://www.naturalnews.com/040334_Angelina_Jolie_double_mastectomy_breast_cancer_prevention.html

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16:35 - Idiot Extraordinaire: City of Keene, NH http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/city-sues-robin-hood-group-over-parking-meter-223952852.html

• How One 'Robin Hood' Saved 2,000 Parking Tickets
  http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/05/16/How-One-Robin-Hood-Saved-2000-Parking-Tickets.aspx

This Week's Quote: "That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed." —Algernon Sydney

[AnCap Dave]

That Keene story would be hilarious if it weren't so god damned sad that a city would be so petty.

It also reminds me of that god awful Parking Wars show on A&E.
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[Ibrahim90]

it should have totally been "Robin hood and his men in tights"

[R.E.H.W.R.]

Over 9000 fallacy?

[MrBogosity]

Over 9000 fallacy?

Haven't seen our list of unnamed fallacies? https://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=295.0

[evensgrey]

Over 9000 fallacy?

Haven't seen our list of unnamed fallacies? https://www.bogosity.tv/forum/index.php?topic=295.0

It doesn't seem to have the "over 9000 fallacy", at least not under that name.

The basic problem is using a large number of anecdotal examples (which are, inherently, subject to cherry picking) to try and cast doubt on a statistical result that says that the overall population has a much larger incidence of the opposite phenomenon from the anecdotes. Essentially, it's the exact reasoning error good statistics are used to prevent.

[MrBogosity]

It doesn't seem to have the "over 9000 fallacy", at least not under that name.

Yes, it does. It's #16.