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Presenting what is effectively 'opinions' as 'scientific-looking graphs' is one of my biggest pet-peeves (up there with its 'nicely drawn cartoon arguing a poin
by tpoacher 6y ago
Presenting what is effectively 'opinions' as 'scientific-looking graphs' is one of my biggest pet-peeves (up there with its 'nicely drawn cartoon arguing a point as proof of that argument' equivalent).
In theory people will argue that it's just a way to make things more 'visual' and 'approachable' to the lay public, but 9/10 times it comes across to me as just a dishonest way to make your audience 'think past the sale'.
Here's an example:
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Likelihood of
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Must be a universally true fact, right? I mean, there's a graph and everything. I think I also saw a cartoon somewhere...