War On The Bullsh*t: How to spot when DATA is lying to you

<p>Why do we believe lies just because there’s a graph attached? How can we develop a sixth sense to detect statistical disinformation? Data scientist and University of Washington professor <strong>Jevin D West</strong>, co-author of <a href="https://www.callingbullshit.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Calling Bullsh*t: The Art Of Scepticism In A Data Driven World</em></a>, talks to <strong>Ros Taylor</strong> about the warping of COVID statistics by selection bias… how our brains are built to fall victim to false correlation…&nbsp;Sigmund Freud on cocaine… and why sharing information as soon as you see it is like picking a sweet up of the street and eating it.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>“It’s almost as if data falls from the skies and lands on our desk, and we can’t question it. But we can.”</li><li>“If there’s a rule, it’s share less, think more.”</li><li>“If I wanted to gauge the average height of the population I wouldn’t go to an NBA game. That’s selection bias.”&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producer Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>