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Byron Sharp

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Byron Sharp

Open-minded? Are you?

“Science is mostly right because it assumes it is wrong. Other areas of human thought are mostly wrong because they assume they’re right.”…

Sep 12, 2020

Sep 12, 2020

Byron Sharp

Bushfires and zombie science

A leading climate scientist has called it “zombie science” (such a cool term, meaning an idea that won’t die no matter how many times the…

Nov 18, 2019

Bushfires and zombie science

Nov 18, 2019

Byron Sharp

Why is Australia in drought again?

Australia’s weather is highly variable year to year, because we are a very large island surrounded by very large oceans.

Nov 13, 2019

Why is Australia in drought again?

Nov 13, 2019

Byron Sharp

How I changed my mind… about global warming

Most, if not all, people would consider themselves to be open-minded. Yet, if you ask someone to name an important belief that they have…

Oct 7, 2019

How I changed my mind… about global warming

Oct 7, 2019

Byron Sharp

Unhealthy and Healthy Vegan Eating

With the wide array of useful phytochemicals in the vegetarian diet, it is perhaps surprising that population studies have not shown more…

Jul 20, 2018

Jul 20, 2018

Byron Sharp

If you drink alcohol will you die from colorectal cancer?

Good news, don’t worry.

Nov 17, 2017

Nov 17, 2017

Byron Sharp

If you drink alcohol will you die from breast cancer?

Good news, don’t worry. If you are a middle aged woman you have a tiny 0.3% chance of contracting and then dying from breast cancer over…

Nov 13, 2017

Nov 13, 2017

Byron Sharp

Does drinking alcohol mean you have more chance of dying from breast cancer?

Surprisingly no.

Nov 9, 2017

Does drinking alcohol mean you have more chance of dying from breast cancer?

Nov 9, 2017

Byron Sharp

Byron Sharp

1.99K Followers

Professor of Marketing Science & Director Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, University of South Australia. Tweets marketing, science, sceptical thinking.

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