How Statistics Become Propaganda

The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie by The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie

Jul 1, 202652:36Society & Culture

Aaron Brown discusses how research gets distorted, why sensational claims spread so quickly, and how to think more critically about the numbers behind the headlines.

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