A "bullshit" course helps to avoid false or misleading information
Two professors from the University of Washington have developed a course on bullshit. In other words, their cycle of conferences is to provide the keys to better identify and understand false or misleading information. Manipulation of figures, diffusion of fake news, distinction between
causality and correlation ... A multitude of questions are addressed (often with humor). And the two researchers accompany the whole of methods and concrete examples to avoid being trapped. Notably noted by the two professors: the course was prepared well before the election of Donald Trump.
Their program lasts about ten hours and has been put online for free on a YouTube channel. Much of their lessons are also