Headline: Don't use Scatterplots Postscript: Some people seem to be interpreting me as making a stronger claim than I intend. There are obviously a few cases

Headline: Don't use Scatterplots Postscript: Some people seem to be interpreting me as making a stronger claim than I intend. There are obviously a few cases when a scatterplot truly is the right tool. Inflammatory, overstated headlines are a rhetorical device that we're apparently stuck with for a long time to come. They're like television advertisements used to be: only curmudgeons[1] complain about them anymore because people assume the content wouldn't exist without them. [1] Hello.