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Bullshit isn't what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data.It's increasingly difficult to know what's true. Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news abound. Our media environment has become hyperpartisan. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. We are fairly well equipped to spot the sort of old-school bullshit that is based in fancy rhetoric and weasel words, but most of us don't feel qualified to challenge the avalanche of new-school bullshit presented in the language of math, science, or statistics. In Calling Bullshit, Professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West give us a set of powerful tools to cut through the most intimidating data.You don't need a lot of technical expertise to call out problems with data. Are the numbers or results too good or too dramatic to be true? Is the claim comparing like with like? Is it confirming #BESTSELLERS, #MOBIPOCKET, #POPULARBOOK2020
Bullshit isn't what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data.It's increasingly difficult to know what's true. Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news abound. Our media environment has become hyperpartisan. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. We are fairly well equipped to spot the sort of old-school bullshit that is based in fancy rhetoric and weasel words, but most of us don't feel qualified to challenge the avalanche of new-school bullshit presented in the language of math, science, or statistics. In Calling Bullshit, Professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West give us a set of powerful tools to cut through the most intimidating data.You don't need a lot of technical expertise to call out problems with data. Are the numbers or results too good or too dramatic to be true? Is the claim comparing like with like? Is it confirming
#BESTSELLERS, #MOBIPOCKET, #POPULARBOOK2020
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Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-
Driven World
Books By : Carl T. Bergstrom
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Author : Carl T. Bergstrom
Pages : 352 pages
Publisher : Random House
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ISBN-10 : 0525509186
ISBN-13 : 9780525509189
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Bullshit isn't what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools
to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad
data.It's increasingly difficult to know what's true. Misinformation,
disinformation, and fake news abound. Our media environment has become
hyperpartisan. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates
bullshit to high art. We are fairly well equipped to spot the sort of old-school
bullshit that is based in fancy rhetoric and weasel words, but most of us don't
feel qualified to challenge the avalanche of new-school bullshit presented in
the language of math, science, or statistics. In Calling Bullshit, Professors Carl
Bergstrom and Jevin West give us a set of powerful tools to cut through the
most intimidating data.You don't need a lot of technical expertise to call out
problems with data. Are the numbers or results too good or too dramatic to be
true? Is the claim comparing like with like? Is it confirming
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