Most 3D plots are terrible because there's an inherent loss of information when flattened onto a 2D screen or piece of paper. Not only that, but you can't read

Most 3D plots are terrible because there's an inherent loss of information when flattened onto a 2D screen or piece of paper. Not only that, but you can't read off absolute values from a 3D chart without every point being labelled. They're also great if you want to mislead (e.g. by rotating them). Most pie charts are terrible as well, it's very hard to compare the sizes of slices. There's a good piece on pie charts at http://www.businessinsider.com/pie-charts-are-the-worst-2013-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/pie-charts-are-the-worst-2013... with a quote from Edward Tufte: "Pie chart users deserve same suspicion+skepticism as those who mix up its/it's, there/their.To compare,use little table, sentence, not pies." The combination, especially when used for a publication, is just a disaster.