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And that all the examples given of uneducated masses distrusting statistics just happen to align with the Guardian's pet causes is of course pure coincidence.
by deogeo 7y ago
And that all the examples given of uneducated masses distrusting statistics just happen to align with the Guardian's pet causes is of course pure coincidence.
Really, that's the perfect example of why statistics are distrusted - only those statistics that align with someone's agenda get presented. And sometimes, they're not even gathered in the first place: https://www.thelocal.se/20180508/why-sweden-doesnt-keep-stats-on-ethnic-background-and-crime https://www.thelocal.se/20180508/why-sweden-doesnt-keep-stat...
- jayd16 7y agoYou're describing a separate phenomenon from what the article is about. Poking at statistics with biased/politically motivated effort is not the same thing as dismissing the field of statistics entirely. The article is not suggesting that statistics should not be scrutinized.