Calling Bullshit - The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World

Key Insights from "Calling Bullshit - The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World"

1. Data Dilemma: In a world inundated with data, we are often misled by distorted, misrepresented data or outright 'bullshit'.
2. Data Literacy: The importance of being data-literate and the ability to critically evaluate data.
3. Brandolini’s Law: The observation that it takes an order of magnitude more effort to refute bullshit than to create it.
4. Spurious Correlations: Random correlations that are statistically significant but not causally related.
5. Data Visualization Deceptions: The misuse and manipulation of graphs and charts to distort the truth.
6. Big Data Fallacy: The misconception...

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