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I’m not exactly sure what was different about this chapter or what was new that was being introduced but CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION!!!

I didn’t know about the cone of uncertainty and how’s it’s only 67% accurate, might’ve changed since this book was published in 2019 tho as technology and predictions get more precise.

Holy dense. It’s so interesting because looking at these charts before reading what Cairo says about them I would totally also fall for the misinformation.

Holy shit that part about victims of crimes by race took me forever to dissect. However I realised it was just row vs column contingency tables and I figured it out.

I didn’t know there were so many ways to distort charts… really need to start looking more into visuals I see every day

Love a connected scatterplot, but political visuals still make me feel so stupid

I liked the overview, sped through it. I knew some of these things but it’s interesting to dive into the complexities and nuances even more.

Reading for my master’s, not for fun. Though the introduction was a banger

I probably should have opened this before reading. All of the charts are red and gray. A horrible color combo if you are red/green colorblind, the most common kind. I would think a visual designer would know this? It’s really making this book a struggle.