Alex Edmonds

Now that you have found some ways to attack that study, then apply the same skepticism, even if the study finds the results that you do want.

So this idea of considering the opposite, how would you react?

That is something which helps people to address their biases.

And these studies were shown that that technique was in fact able to reduce biases, even though the first one just generally telling people to be unbiased was ineffective.

I think this is a great question.

It's a really important one.

So somebody might look at me and say, well, I'm an academic researcher.

I spend my life evaluating academic papers.

What relevance does this have to the person on the street who does not do this for your day job?

And hopefully you don't do this for fun either.

But what I'm trying to stress is that you receive the information from research in any form.

Whenever you pick up a magazine, let's say this is Men's Health, Women's Health or Runner's World, you're reading about research.

You're reading, is it true that drinking more water improves your athletic performance?

Should you be drinking caffeine before a workout?

What is the best recovery shake?

That is research.

If you read a blog saying waking up at 5 a.m.

changed my life, is it that the act of waking up at 5 a.m.

caused you to change your life?

Or is it that somebody who chooses to wake up at 5 a.m.