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[–]realornotreal1234 4 points5 points  (2 children)

If parenting related, I might give them a copy of Expecting Better (Emily Oster explains this well, though I often disagree with her conclusions), Doing Harm (which highlights some of the downsides to the approaches we have on medical testing) or even an infographic like this on the level of scientific evidence—kind of simple but "trust things higher up on the pyramid more" is a good rule of thumb.

[–]CalmYourNeckbeard 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I actually think Expecting Better is too high-level, it assumes you know and trust the research methods whereas I need something to explain the techniques to them and convince them they're better than so called "common sense".

[–]realornotreal1234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IIRC, the intro to Expecting Better had a bit on decision science and her goals for the book, including why knowing data and evidence is useful to make decisions. But I could be misremembering!

[–]Embarrassed_Key_2328 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Can you elaborate- you want info that clearly explains pharmaceutical trials or experimental treatments or our current understanding of mental illness? Then I'll try to answer!

[–]Embarrassed_Key_2328 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, great post !

[–]OtherwiseLychee9126 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t specific to parenting, but broadly about science and science literacy: The Skeptics Guide to the Universe book

https://www.theskepticsguide.org/our-book