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About this blog: statistics, health and critical thinking

About this blog: statistics, health and critical thinking

Reflections and tools to look beyond the numbers and the illusion of certainty

14 February 2026

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All content published on BioestadísticaEdu, from tutorials to analyses and reflections.

A Classroom Experiment: The Day Silicon Handed Me the Nobel

A Classroom Experiment: The Day Silicon Handed Me the Nobel

Sequel to the 'Lie to the Professor' experiment. I challenged the silicon colossi with absurd correlations. Not one spotted the nonsense—revealing an algorithmic 'horror vacui' that poses a threat to scientific integrity.

12 December 2025

Classroom Experiment: Can Students Fool a Biostatistician? A Data Fabrication Contest

Classroom Experiment: Can Students Fool a Biostatistician? A Data Fabrication Contest

I asked my residents to invent hemoglobin data in 60 seconds. I used six forensic techniques to catch them. Spoiler: Statistics always wins.

10 December 2025

Writing Science or Rewriting Reality?

Writing Science or Rewriting Reality?

IMRaD is the publication standard, but it need not dictate the writing process. This post argues for a 'reverse' writing strategy—from findings back to the introduction—as a method to enhance honesty and clarity, distinguishing it from HARKing and aligning narrative with genuine scientific discovery.

4 October 2025

An Intuitive Dive into LLM Architecture

An Intuitive Dive into LLM Architecture

By Maicel Monzon Are LLMs actually thinking, or are they simply creating a magnificent illusion of reasoning? From ChatGPT to Gemini, these tools often seem human, but their “intelligence” is born from an ocean of data and a massive statistical architecture.

6 April 2025

The Pitfalls of Correlation Disguised as Causation

The Pitfalls of Correlation Disguised as Causation

Curious examples, short rigor notes, and a practical checklist to avoid confusing correlation with causation in scientific research.

24 February 2025

💊 Clinical Trials & Regulatory Evaluation

Publications on clinical trial design, regulatory standards and statistical best practices.