How to spot misinformation, mistakes, and meaningless data

(How not to be fooled by viral charts - by Noah Smith)

“The art of any propagandist and agitator consists in his ability to find the best means of influencing any given audience, by presenting a definite truth, in such a way as to make it most convincing, most easy to digest, most graphic, and most strongly impressive.” — Lenin

🔗 https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/how-not-to-be-fooled-by-viral-charts

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