Make It a Habit

Turn these into reflexes:

• Ask "what's the evidence?" — not aggressively, just curiously
• Check the source — who funded it, who published it, what is their record
• Find the original study — headlines distort findings; read the abstract
• Beware single studies — science is a body of work, not one experiment
• Separate correlation from causation — together is not the same as caused
• Update when better evidence arrives — strong thinkers change their minds