Why Truth is Not Enough

10-Minute Talks by The British Academy

Jun 27, 202513:29Society & Culture

In a post-truth world, can we always trust data? And what about our human biases? Walking us through ‘the ladder of misinference’, Alex Edmans FBA outlines how statistics and studies can feed misinformation, and the tool...

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