Pop-Up Lecture + Drinks Night

Join us, get off your phone, and grab a drink as former Columbia professor Dr. Madigan reveals how statistics mislead us
About this Event

🧠🍻 Binge Thinking NYC Launch

Put down your phone and pick up a drink.

After selling out lecture nights across Boston, Binge Thinking is coming to NYC.

For our first New York lecture night, former Columbia professor and statistician Dr. David Madigan will show you how numbers are used to manipulate what we believe—and how to spot it.
Lecture: How to Lie with Statistics (and how to spot it)

You'll discover:
• Why a "99% accurate" test can still be wrong most of the time
• How graphs can tell the opposite story of the underlying data
• Why statistics in headlines are often technically true—and deeply misleading

No math degree required. No equations. Just fascinating stories, surprising examples, and practical tools for becoming much harder to fool.

🍺 Drinks available throughout the event
🎤 40-minute talk + audience Q&A
🤝 Meet curious people afterward

About Binge Thinking:
We bring professors to bars.

In a world of AI slop, doomscrolling, and endless podcasts, Binge Thinking brings real experts into real places for nights of learning, conversation, and community.

Think Responsibly.

Schedule

7:00 PM — Doors Open & Drinks

7:30 PM — Lecture Begins

8:10 PM — Audience Q&A

8:30 PM — Drinks & Conversation

9:00 PM — Event Ends

Please note: This is Binge Thinking's first-ever New York City event. Capacity is limited and advance registration is strongly encouraged.