Scientific Literacy Reading List
Resources for learning to read studies and develop medical/scientific literacy.
Assembled by Cited from Peter Attia's recorded recommendations across multiple sources. It is not an ordered program and was not created or endorsed by them — it's our grouping of what they've said on the record.
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Attia recommends his 'Studying Studies' five-part blog series as a foundational primer on epidemiology and study types.
“Studying Studies, which is I think a five part blog series
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Tim Ferriss suggests reading Ben Goldacre's Bad Science to build scientific literacy basics.
“a book like Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
TT▶ 49:40CaveatsBritish cultural context may not always resonate with US readersCertaintyexplicitrecommendationBad Science by Ben Goldacre -
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Tim Ferriss recommends Darrell Huff's How to Lie with Statistics as a fast read to recognize sensationalist statistical claims.
“How to Lie with Statistics by Daryl Huff
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Use the Bradford Hill criteria to scrutinize observational/epidemiologic data for likely causation.
“Bradford Hill criteria, which are the criteria that we use to scrutinize observational data
TT▶ 56:10CertaintyexplicitrecommendationBradford Hill criteria for causal inference -
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Attia mentions Layne Norton's REPS course as a scientific literacy course in reading exercise and nutrition studies.
“Lane Norton also has a course... called reps
TT▶ 48:10Certaintyhedgedoffhand mentionLayne Norton's REPS course