A French team, Escalenta, put together a series of debunking videos called "DATA SCIENCE vs. FAKE".
Here are five that are short, educational, and entertaining.
- Is cancer the world's first cause of mortality?
- Would cockroaches be the only survivors in the event of a nuclear war?
- Will the world soon run out of oil?
- Will our planet be able to sustain its 9 billion inhabitants in 2050?
- Will China still be the world's most densely populated country in 2100?
These days, it's easy to be confused by fake news, misleading statistics, and hyperbole.
Hope this serves as a reminder to check your sources and remain healthily skeptical of random factoids delivered through the intertubes.
