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Deception by the Numbers

proofiness.jpg Bad statistics are “toxic to democracy”, argues science journalist Charles Seife in his latest book Proofiness. Seife's polemic against the reporters, politicians, scientists, lawyers and bankers who spread these bad statistics is strident but sobering... [partial text] [pdf]

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