5/27/2023 0 Comments The data detective tim harford![]() If you want to read more about this idea then The Death of Expertise covers it as well. It’s whole goal is to muddy the waters with information that probably doesn’t matter so that knowing what to believe is hard and thus people will discount much valid information along with the misinformation. We see this today as well, but it’s called fake news or misinformation or alternative facts. ![]() Harford cites cigarette companies in the 50’s funding a bunch of other studies on climate change and other things with the purpose of pointing to something that wasn’t smoking people should think about. Manufactured doubt is when anyone or any organization presents information that gets people more concerned about topics that don’t have anything to do with the people or organization. ![]() Before we get into the meat of the review, I want to talk about an interesting concept Harford introduces called manufactured doubt. ![]() In some ways this makes sense, but when we talk about vaccination rates for other diseases, do we use the same term? Are “eligible” people the same group in both circumstances?Īsking questions about data is what The Data Detective is intended to help readers do. In BC during COVID we are currently talking about our vaccination rates in terms of “eligible” people. ![]() We’re bombarded by claims using data every day. ![]()
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