Category: Writings

The people sharing the claim that COVID-19 PCR testing is not reliable because of high Ct values are just amplifying noise. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking/covid-19-pcr-test-reliable-despite-commotion-about-ct-values

Faked and decontextualized photos are a plague in and of themselves, but there are tricks to avoid getting tricked. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/tips-better-thinking-images-can-be-faked

Dr. Christiane Northrup, a medical doctor, uses her intuition to tell her fans that medicine is wrong and magic is real. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking/doctor-carl-sagan-warned-us-about

The darling of those who wish to explain why incompetent people don’t know they’re unskilled, the Dunning-Kruger effect may actually just be a data artefact.

Seeing something as more valuable because we assembled it ourselves is a little strange but not necessarily a bad thing. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/tips-better-thinking-i-made-it-myself

Portable humidifiers can increase our comfort in the winter months, but more research is needed to understand the impact they have on the quality of