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The Myth of Objective Data
nowhere.” It is the conviction that in order to describe the world accurately and empirically, we must put aside res cogitans—the subjective, immediate way in which we experience the world in our minds—and limit ourselves to res extensa, the objective, mathematical language of physical facts. Without these distinctions, it’s difficult to imagine th
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it is important to understand what is being measured or counted, and how.
Tim Harford • The Data Detective
The solution, then: Ask what is being counted, what stories lie behind the statistics.
Tim Harford • The Data Detective
