Let's test your abilities

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1. LET’S TEST YOUR DETECTIVE ABILITIES ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE TO EACH QUESTION. THE ANSWER CAN BE FOUND ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE.
2. QUESTION 1 Does taking Doliprane increase the risk of liver cancer?
3. THE ANSWER : FALSE Paracetamol, which is the active ingredient in Doliprane, is dangerous in case of an overdose. Used properly, paracetamol is a safe and effective medication. However, in case of an overdose, paracetamol can cause serious irreversible liver damage in some cases.
4. QUESTION II Do people who buy an iPhone have a higher chance of dying from falling down stairs?
5. THE ANSWER : TRUE! The numbers speak for themselves, but correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation, so be careful with statistics!
6. QUESTION III Do more people drown in swimming pools when Nicolas Cage appears in more films?
7. THE ANSWER : FALSE There is a relationship between these events, but no causation. It's all in the phrasing of the question.
8. QUESTION IV Does drinking wood alcohol help fight the coronavirus?
9. THE ANSWER : FALSE!!! If you are sick, consult a doctor! Do not consume wood alcohol, which is often created in an artisanal way and can be extremely toxic to consume.
10. QUESTION V 34% of shadowbanned scientists do not believe in the theory of evolution. In this context, shadowban means that their publications are not publicized like others or are rejected.
11. THE ANSWER : FALSE Simply because a non-Darwinian scientist is not one and their work can’t be shadowed for their beliefs
12. QUESTION VI Does the British royal family have the right to play Monopoly?
13. THE ANSWER : TRUE Queen Elizabeth II believed it generated too much tension within the royal family.
15. SOURCES : • Question 1: • https://ansm.sante.fr/actualites/paracetamol-et-risque-pour-le-foie-un-message-dalerte-ajoute-sur-les-boites-de-medicament-communique • https://www.narayanahealth.org/blog/hepatocellular-carcinoma-or-liver-cancer-symptoms-treatment-prognosis/ • https://medicalforum.ch/fr/detail/doi/fms.2018.03257 • Question 2: • https://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations • https://www.noovomoi.ca/style-et-maison/infos-pratiques/article.correlations-loufoques-absurdes.1.1853978.html • Question 3: • https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/el-meme-de-pedro-pascal-y-nicolas-cage-que-tiene-enamorado-a-tiktok-viene-de-esta-pelicula-5111443/ • https://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations • Question 4: • https://www.ilo.org/dyn/icsc/showcard.display?p_lang=fr&p_card_id=0057&p_version=2#:~:text=La%20substance%20est%20irritante%20pour,une%20c%C3%A9cit%C3%A9%20et%20la%20mort. • https://makeameme.org/meme/coronavirus-can-only-19daff8577 • Question 5: • https://vincent-mignerot.fr/lutte-existence-darwin/ • https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/grand-entretien-que-revele-le-succes-des-theses-complotistes-pendant-l-epidemie-de-covid-19_4187415.html • Question 6: • https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/elizabeth-ii-ce-celebre-jeu-de-societe-quelle-a-interdit-aux-membres-de-la-famille-royale_504537 • https://www.voici.fr/news-people/elizabeth-ii-ce-celebre-jeu-de-societe-interdit-aux-membres-de-la-famille-royale-718072 • https://www.lagranderecre.fr/jeux-de-societe-et-puzzles/jeux-de-strategie-et-de-reflexion/monopoly-nantes.html