Data Detective Ten (The Last)
“Sometimes your personal experience (a worm's eye view) conflicts with statistics (a bird's-eye view.” Tim...
Tag: Tim Harford
Data Detective Nine
“It is convenient to be a reasonable creature, since it enables us to find or make a reason for everything we...
Data Detective Eight
“A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one.” Moliere Quoted by Tim Harford in The Data...
Data Detective Seven
“We’d be wiser to acknowledge that we all think with our hearts not our heads sometimes.” Tim Harford in...
Data Detective Six
“We often find ways to dismiss evidence that we don’t like.” Tim Hartford in The Data...
The Data Detective Five
“Our feelings can often trump our expertise.” Tim Harford in The Data Detective Using trump in the old...
The Data Detective Four
“Nullius in Verba” translates to "Take nobody's word for it." The motto of the Royal Society as quoted...
The Data Detective Three
“Yes, it’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s even easier to lie without them.” Tim Harford in...
Data Detective Two
“Sometimes we want to be fooled.” Tim Harford in The Data...
The Data Detective One
“Have the confidence to assess information with curiosity and a healthy skepticism.” Tim Harford in The...
