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Proofiness
by Charles Seife
The dark art of mathematical deception: cherry-picking, fake precision, polls, election recounts. How numbers are used to lie.
Read it if…
you want to spot numerical manipulation in public life.
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Skip it if…
you have How to Lie with Statistics; this updates it.
Try instead: The Golden Ratio →
Three things you will actually use
- Fake precision is a tell.
- Polls have margins.
- Numbers can be weaponized.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the 2008 Minnesota recount.
Our verdict
Seife on deception.
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