On Wednesday 13 Jan 2010 9:35:36 am . wrote: > Discovery (or was it NatGeo?) <snip> > Isnt it a cognitive bias to conduct a study on a small statistical > sample, and then apply that generalization on half the wolds populace
Discovery and NatGeo have perpetrated a massive fraud on the entire world using the inherent cognitive bias of any average TV viewer to swallow and internalise any mumbo jumbo that is shown with an aura of authority. On the forums of Bharat Rakshak there is a well known "Discovery channel syndrome" in which actual military problems are sought to be solved by hypothetical solutions shown on Discovery/NatGeo. "Why wasn't X shown on Y channel used in the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai. It worked well in the TV show" shiv
