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virginia_mother_of_bunnies 's review for:
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
by Matthew Walker
IF THIS BOOK MADE YOU ANXIOUS ABOUT YOUR SLEEP; DON'T PANIC! THE AUTHOR IS FULL OF SH*T.
This book is "riddled with scientific and factual errors" (Guzey, 2019).
Every chapter has errors. For example, the author claims that the World Health Organization declared a "sleep loss epidemic," which is not true. The WHO never said that.
There's also a lot of tomfoolery with p-hacking (a statistical cheat), sample size inflation, and graph manipulation. He constantly misrepresents the data.
The Maintenance Phase podcast also did a great episode exposing the problems with this book.
Check out this webpage for a detailed rundown of the many, many errors in this book.
https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/#appendix-what-do-you-do-when-a-part-of-the-graph-contradicts-your-argument-you-cut-it-out-of-course
This book is "riddled with scientific and factual errors" (Guzey, 2019).
Every chapter has errors. For example, the author claims that the World Health Organization declared a "sleep loss epidemic," which is not true. The WHO never said that.
There's also a lot of tomfoolery with p-hacking (a statistical cheat), sample size inflation, and graph manipulation. He constantly misrepresents the data.
The Maintenance Phase podcast also did a great episode exposing the problems with this book.
Check out this webpage for a detailed rundown of the many, many errors in this book.
https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/#appendix-what-do-you-do-when-a-part-of-the-graph-contradicts-your-argument-you-cut-it-out-of-course