Data Analyst (with Dr. John Johnson)

Published: Sept. 22, 2016, 2:14 p.m.

Did you hear, studies say two cups of coffee a day will give you a healthier heart?! I hear you, you can only drink coffee in the morning though. Never fear, didn’t you know that studies show that two glasses of red wine a night are proven to make you live longer?! I know, it’s the perfect one two punch! If only there was a study that supported my love of unhealthy food, like, oh, I don’t know, that eating grilled cheese sandwiches will make you more likely to have sex. This new world of studies is so great! Just start the Blake Fletcher patented ‘Coffee, wine, grilled cheese’ diet and you’ll be banging your way to a longer life in no time! (Please don’t actually do that or you’ll probably get an arrhythmia, alcoholism, and clogged arteries) It seems like studies are coming out every day that say…whatever the heck they want to say, and that new ones are always contradicting old ones. What does it all mean? Can we even trust studies and data at all anymore? Dr. John Johnson, data analyst extraordinaire and co-author of the new book Everydata, is here to help us sort through everything.