Thursday, February 12, 2015

Clever Hans: or when horses do math, check your science


My latest blog post is about the challenge of overcoming bias in scientific studies, as illustrated by the wonderful story of Clever Hans, the horse who supposedly could do math and other impressive feats:
http://blog.nature.org/science/2015/02/12/horses-doing-math-clever-hans-lessons-conservation-science/

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