Any chart or graph, no matter how precise or sophisticated, can be used to distort. Oftentimes, people will intentionally bombard their audience with hyper-soph

Any chart or graph, no matter how precise or sophisticated, can be used to distort. Oftentimes, people will intentionally bombard their audience with hyper-sophisticated and complex data readouts in order to prove how sophisticated their thinking has been (and, by association, how trustworthy their conclusions must be). Hedge funders have been doing a brilliant job of this for decades now. "Kill 'em with complexity" is a time-honored sales tactic.