I asked Claude and ChatGPT to react to this chart.
Both initially applauded.
I told them to read Tufte and reconsider.
Both regurgitated Tufteisms but missed the main flaw.
I told them they missed the main flaw.
Finally they got it: The Lie Factor.
"The representation of numbers, as physically measured on the surface of the graphic itself, should be directly proportional to the quantities represented."
If you try this I'll be curious to know how it goes.




