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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jun 16

    Another reason I love graphs...https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/15/study-charts-change-hearts-and-minds-better-than-words-do/ …

    3:13 PM - 16 Jun 2018
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      1. Invisible Person‏ @InvisiblePeep Jun 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Hey do you love these graphs too?https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/jeremy-lent/steven-pinker-s-ideas-are-fatally-flawed-these-eight-graphs-show-why …

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      1. davidrieff‏ @davidrieff Jun 16
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        As @samuelmoyn said of your work: “a data dump is not a philosophy of history.”

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      1. Edward Hocknell‏ @Countprosper Jun 16
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        The make people see patterns and trends where none exist.

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      1. Yellow Brick Road‏ @YellBRo Jun 20
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        people change themselves, mentally speaking... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsPWaGRMsSY …

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      1. Louis Boliou‏ @LCBoliou Jun 17
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        In my line of work, data and graphs were essential tools. They also have quite a positive effect on other areas of endeavor. Unfortunately, when it comes to politics, context dropping and cherry picking can be corrupting agents.

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      1. Michael Nussbaum‏ @MichaelNussbau3 Jun 17
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        Just as telling are the very critical reactions to this tweet (arguments with varying degrees of cogency).

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      1. Glen MacDonald‏ @glen1macdonald Jun 16
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        Just make sure the graphs don't use log-log scales.

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      1. Josh Rose‏ @BotPropaganda Jun 16
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        Everyone is entitled to his own opinion... But not his own facts.

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      1. Jay Besser‏ @bessertkj Jun 16
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        Yes, but they are easily manipulated.

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      1. BigDaddySpook 💀‏ @theclaymax Jun 16
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        @DareNoCare

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      1. Greg Pliler‏ @greg_pliler Jun 16
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        Ha! My addiction to building charts for every data point we have is validated!

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      1. The grandmaster of funk Daniel‏ @ziinjin Jun 16
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        Unfortunately they're only as good as the data they are based on.

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      1. Holden Marie Caulfield‏ @holdenmariecau1 Jun 16
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        Because you can lie with them?

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      1. Joseph Anderson‏ @JandersonJoseph Jun 16
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        So after a fight with your girlfriend you give her some flowers and show her a chart?

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