How statistics lost their power - and why we should fear what comes next

How statistics lost their power - and why we should fear what comes next | William Davies

In theory, statistics should help settle arguments. They ought to provide stable reference points that everyone - no matter what their politics - can agree on. Yet in recent years, divergent levels of trust in statistics has become one of the key schisms that have opened up in western liberal democracies.

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