Path · 6 lessons
Hard to Fool
Ends with→ A verification reflex
- 01Reading Data: Mean, Median, Spread — and the Lie of the Average→ Three real datasets summarised correctly — mean, median and spread — with the misleading summary identified in each
- 02How Charts Lie: Eight Manipulation Techniques→ A detection list of the eight techniques, applied to three real charts found in the wild
- 03Correlation Is Not Causation, With Real Examples→ Four real causal claims taken apart — for each, the four possible explanations tested and the most likely one named
- 04A Four-Step Protocol for Verifying a Source→ Your own four-step verification checklist, applied to three claims you actually ran into this week
- 05Ten Cognitive Biases and Where You'll Meet Them Today→ A diagnostic card of the ten biases, each matched to one real moment from your own last week
- 06"A Study Showed That…": How to Actually Read a Paper→ One real paper evaluated against a six-question checklist, with a verdict you can defend
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