Tim Harford: Financial Times columnist, BBC broadcaster, and author of nine books (most recently “How To Make The World Add Up” / “The Data Detective”) and the podcast “Cautionary Tales” (Ep. 54)
Tim Harford
Tim Harford is the Financial Times columnist, BBC broadcaster, and author of nine books (most recently How To Make The World Add Up/The Data Detective) and the podcast Cautionary Tales. Having statistics and data in a book or backing up an argument instantly makes it more credible. People are more likely to agree with you if you have study after study proving your point. However, we have gotten to the point where people can be weary of statistics and data. They believe that numbers and studies are used to mislead us and take us down a path of deception. That their only purpose is for us to believe and then spread the authors concepts or ideas. Tim Harford, author of The Data Detective, shows us how powerful and fun statistics can be if we use them correctly! Statistics can be used for good and not just to mislead the ignorant. Tim Harford is helping us all take a little step back and embrace the data and statistics that we are usually so skeptical to believe.
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