Chapter 6

The Great Crow Fallacy in the beginning of the chapter brought to mind the tendency that we have to believe these urban legends and wives' tales. There is an entertaining show on Discovery called "Mythbusters" that tests the credibility of stories such as these, using actual data. It is also true that most people believe these things to be true because so many other people have heard of the same things, and the lies are passed down from one person to another. As the book states, repetition does not make a claim true. This chapter also made me aware that not all "scientific studies" can be trusted, though it does have a nice ring to it. "Studies" can be performed by anyone, using any set of criteria, for specific data tailored to what they are looking for. We must be careful of studies because they may not hold that much weight.