Why Statistics Have Failed Us

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Why Statistics Have Failed Us

Post by Riddick » 01-22-2017 02:44 AM

William Davies in the Guardian gives an explanation for the loss of trust in experts and the rise of populism and post-truth politics: Statistical categories and methods didn’t evolve to keep pace with rapid changes in society and the economy. As a result, their generalizations became increasingly divorced from individual experience and they—and people who relied on them—lost credibility.

Even as the ability of statistics to accurately represent the world declines, a new age of big data controlled by private companies is taking over – and putting democracy in peril. A post-statistical society is a potentially frightening proposition - not because it would lack any forms of truth or expertise altogether, but because it would drastically privatize them.

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Re: Why Statistics Have Failed Us

Post by kbot » 01-22-2017 04:52 AM

Riddick wrote:William Davies in the Guardian gives an explanation for the loss of trust in experts and the rise of populism and post-truth politics: Statistical categories and methods didn’t evolve to keep pace with rapid changes in society and the economy. As a result, their generalizations became increasingly divorced from individual experience and they—and people who relied on them—lost credibility. FULL STORY
Translation: If you keep asking the cast of Entertainment Tonight and The View who will win the election, you'll keep getting the wrong answer........
There you go man, keep as cool as you can. Face piles and piles of trials with smiles. It riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave. And keep on thinking free. (Moody Blues)

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