#7 - Dr Josh Starmer: Bioinformatics, StatQuest, and Education

Josh Starmer is the founder and CEO of StatQuest, a channel which breaks down complex mathematics into easy, visual, bitesize content. Today we talk about his success with StatQuest, his career in music and tips on how to effectively explain complex topics. If you are interested in helping The Biotech Podcast please take 30 seconds to take the following survey: https://harry852843.typeform.com/to/caV6cMzGFull Synopsis:00:00 - Intro01:40 - Beautiful statistics05:51 - Bootstrapping08:39 - Struggles of learning statistics17:43 - Knowing your data20:03 - Bioinformatics21:41 - Machine learning as a microscope24:25 - The exciting futures of statistics29:38 - StatQuest and what makes a good explanation39:22 - Music and Maths48:06 - Education changing in the future52:12 - Lies, damned lies and statistics55:14 - What lies ahead1:00:07 - Extro Episode Links:Neural Networks or Big Fancy Squiggle Fitting Machines (BFSFM) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqOfi41LfDwStatQuest Website - https://statquest.org/about/StatQuest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtYLUTtgS3k1Fg4y5tAhLbw