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Since it's too easy to mess up, and all, the obvious solution is just not to use data. It does literally say that using data "should always prompt skepticism"
by pekk 13y ago
Since it's too easy to mess up, and all, the obvious solution is just not to use data.
It does literally say that using data "should always prompt skepticism" - not conditionally on whether it was done right or not.
- DrJokepu 13y agoI really think you are misunderstanding that sentence. The author didn't mean what you think it means. His point was that it's not very difficult to come up with just the right data and statistics to support whatever idea you're trying to promote. Data is basically worthless if you can't trust the methodology behind it.