Facts and figures are like cow pastures. Unless you squint, you can\u2019t always tell how full of bullshit they are.<\/p>\n
Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin West, a pair of scientists at the University of Washington, think it\u2019s time to arm students with boots and shovels. They have published the outline of a course, titled “Calling Bullshit,” which would try to teach the skills how to spot bad data and misleading graphs at a time when bending statistics has become a popular art form.<\/p>\n
“Pending approval from the administrative powers-that-be at the University of Washington, we hope to offer the seminar in the near future,” they wrote<\/a> on a website they built for the course. “In the meantime, connoisseurs of bullshit may enjoy the course syllabus,<\/a> readings, and case studies that we have lovingly curated.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read the entire post here. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Facts and figures are like cow pastures. Unless you squint, you can\u2019t always tell how full of bullshit they are. Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin West, a pair of scientists at the University of Washington, think it\u2019s time to arm students with boots and shovels. They have published the outline of a course, titled “Calling… Continue reading