Bullshit: contra la charlatanería. Ser escéptico en un mundo basado en los datos
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- Author：Carl T. Bergstrom
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Summary
Abundan la mala información， la desinformación y las noticias falsas， y cada vez es más difícil saber qué es verdad。 Los políticos no están limitados por los hechos。 Nuestro entorno mediático se ha vuelto hiperpartidista。 La ciencia se lleva a cabo mediante un comunicado de prensa。 La cultura de las startups ha elevado a lo mas alto el arte de los bulos。 Los anunciantes hacen un guiño conspirativo y nos invitan a unirnos a ellos para ver la realidad a través de todos estos bulos y aprovechar que nuestra guardia está baja para bombardearnos con mentiras de segundo orden。 La mayor parte de la actividad administrativa， ya sea en la empresa privada o en la esfera pública， parece ser poco más que un ejercicio sofisticado de reensamblaje combinatorio de disparates。 Estamos bastante bien equipados para detectar el tipo de mentiras de la vieja escuela que se basan en una retórica elegante y eufemismos， pero la mayoría de nosotros no nos sentimos preparados para desafiar la avalancha de bulos modernos presentes en el lenguaje de las matemáticas， la ciencia o las estadísticas。 En ‘Contra la charlatanería’， los profesores Carl Bergstrom y Jevin West nos brindan un conjunto de poderosas herramientas para cortar con los datos más intimidantes。 No se necesita un gran conocimiento técnico para detectar problemas respecto a los datos。 ¿Son las números o los resultados demasiado buenos o demasiado negativos para ser verdad？ ¿La afirmación se compara con algo similar？ ¿Confirma tu sesgo personal？ Basándose en una profunda experiencia en estadística y biología computacional， Bergstrom y West desentrañan abundantemente ejemplos de sesgo de selección y visualización confusa de datos， distinguen entre correlación y causalidad y examinan la susceptibilidad de la ciencia a los bulos modernos。 Siempre hemos necesitado a personas que destapen las mentiras cuando sea necesario， ya sea dentro de un círculo de amigos， una comunidad académica o entre la ciudadanía。 Ahora que esas mentiras han evolucionado， necesitamos volver a aprender el arte del escepticismo。
Reviews
Mike Fowler
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Much needed medicine in the misinformation age。 Providing a review of the many ways people can create misinformation and backed by plenty of recent examples， this shows how you can detect BS。 No background in statistics or information theory is needed， this is common sense applied reasonably。
Arpit Agrawal
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It is a nice and to-date summary of how and why bullshit spreads， how to protect oneself from it， and finally how to protect others from it。 Over the years of dealing with such bullshit， I had been able to develop most of the rules of thumb mentioned in the book but it was still nice to see it all structured in one place。 Giving it 4 stars only because while the execution was flawless， there wasn't much new to learn for me It is a nice and to-date summary of how and why bullshit spreads， how to protect oneself from it， and finally how to protect others from it。 Over the years of dealing with such bullshit， I had been able to develop most of the rules of thumb mentioned in the book but it was still nice to see it all structured in one place。 Giving it 4 stars only because while the execution was flawless， there wasn't much new to learn for me 。。。more
Ricali Ebejer
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A great book but it beats you over the head with the same concept for 300 pages that could be 50
Lori Lynn
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Many years ago I was working with co-counsel from Dallas。 As we discussed one of our opposing party's arguments， he declared that he was "throwing the bullshit flag on that one。" That image stuck with me， and often I have wished there was a "bullshit flag" button on social media。 In "Calling Bullshit，" Bergstrom and West describe the challenges with refuting misinformation， how to identify it when we see it （and we can ALL use reminders on that）， and ways to productively respond。 I recommend thi Many years ago I was working with co-counsel from Dallas。 As we discussed one of our opposing party's arguments， he declared that he was "throwing the bullshit flag on that one。" That image stuck with me， and often I have wished there was a "bullshit flag" button on social media。 In "Calling Bullshit，" Bergstrom and West describe the challenges with refuting misinformation， how to identify it when we see it （and we can ALL use reminders on that）， and ways to productively respond。 I recommend this book for anyone who wants to be a more discerning reader and consumer of information， but in particular lawyers， students， scientists， journalists， and people interested in politics。 （The lawyers will have to forgive the authors for an unrealistic hypothetical courtroom scene， which could have been easily fixed by asking a litigator to review a few pages of the text， but the remainder of the book redeems that oversight。） 。。。more
Siddhartha
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This book was a mixed bag of sorts。 On the one hand， the authors recognise that bullshit is high art， spread through fake news factories and hammering away at our critical facilities through volume and confirmation bias alone。On the other hand， Calling Bullshit treats itself as high art。 It contains gems such as "you must treat others with kindness because the power you've gained is tremendous， and there's no need to be too high and mighty"。 I could also express the book in pamphlet form for wha This book was a mixed bag of sorts。 On the one hand， the authors recognise that bullshit is high art， spread through fake news factories and hammering away at our critical facilities through volume and confirmation bias alone。On the other hand， Calling Bullshit treats itself as high art。 It contains gems such as "you must treat others with kindness because the power you've gained is tremendous， and there's no need to be too high and mighty"。 I could also express the book in pamphlet form for what it's worth - without losing an iota of coherency - in its current state， it simply felt bloated。I'm afraid I have to disagree with the author's treatment of the topic - to give out one line of a rebuttal， he prefers pages of exposition。 Given the book's title， it's ironic that I could make a strong case against the book itself as to how bullshit cloaks itself in a veneer of volume and intellect。 Studies showing 'females could run faster than males in 2156' are refuted as bullshit because 'by this logic， 100-meter races could be run in negative time by 2536'， and the core argument that females might run faster than males in the future is never addressed by the authors。 I could even argue that the book's climax， in which the authors show how 'well， actually。。。' person is different from the 'bullshit denier'， is simply what the authors do all along。 Well-intentioned claims that the wage pay gap exists because recommendations for women mention their communication abilities more than their intelligence are downplayed in the book just because some tweets misquoted the original study。 Examples like these make for extremely frustrating reading。This book feels like an introductory primer for tackling misinformation， which is okay for most， I guess， but not for me。 。。。more
Deeksha Agarwal
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The book gets a little slow in a few of the chapters but I still give it 5 stars because it has taught me to be more skeptical-and rightly so-of what I read and share online - a much needed skill in this age of information overflow。
Mafalda Campos
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Everyone， or at least college students should read this book as part of their education。 Calling bullshit is an extremely important part of being a civilian that positively contributes to a progressive society。 Highly recommend this book！
Amber
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There are a handful of books I would like to gift every high school graduate and/or make every adult read。 This is one of them。 The authors devote the majority of the book to how to detect falsification and manipulation of data， then the very last chapter to how to refute it。 This skill seems more relevant than ever in this day and age， as people isolate themselves into internet echo chambers， neglect critical thought， and too many act as though “truth” is in the eye of the beholder。
sharky
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Fantastic book - easy to understand and quite funny。 The authors presented sometimes-intimidating statistical concepts in an accessible way。 They clearly showed the importance of building this kind of critical thinking ability。 Great read。
Mike Haden
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I have read many books regarding stats， how to interpret maths etc。 All can be summarised in the excellent book。 It presents the complex subject of interpretation of information in a very accessible way。Reading some of the negative reviews it gets compared to David Spiegelhalter’s the “Art of Statistics’。 Spiegelhalters book is excellent but aimed at a much more academic audience。 This book （calling bullshit） is much more accessible to average conspiracy theorists。
Allisonperkel
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While a solid， much needed read in today’s post truth society， I did find that the book dragged and got bogged down in the middle。 I do feel the first two and last two chapters are amazing。
Nelson Faria
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Good baseline of thought in this world full of bullshit。。。
Randy
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Excellent examples of all kinds of BS， how to spot it， how to call someone on it， and how to avoid BSing yourself。 One of the best descriptions of the Prosecutor's Fallacy。 Meshes well with On Bullshit Excellent examples of all kinds of BS， how to spot it， how to call someone on it， and how to avoid BSing yourself。 One of the best descriptions of the Prosecutor's Fallacy。 Meshes well with On Bullshit 。。。more
Zaynab
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👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽I don’t recommend a lot of books， but this is one that everyone could benefit from reading。
Cassandra
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Very instructional book with hints of humor scattered throughout！ I really enjoyed listening to it on audiobook。 Rating: 3。5 out of 5 stars。
Chris
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Each topic， taken separately， has been covered elsewhere。 For instance， much of the coverage of misleading statistics that's covered here can also be found in How to Lie With Statistics （1954） or Naked Statistics （2014）。 However， the packaging of these topics in a single book may be useful to young readers or people who have never explored this area。 This book isn't really about bullshit in the technical sense; the authors' critique is more focused on lying and human error （mostly just lying）。 H Each topic， taken separately， has been covered elsewhere。 For instance， much of the coverage of misleading statistics that's covered here can also be found in How to Lie With Statistics （1954） or Naked Statistics （2014）。 However， the packaging of these topics in a single book may be useful to young readers or people who have never explored this area。 This book isn't really about bullshit in the technical sense; the authors' critique is more focused on lying and human error （mostly just lying）。 However， "bullshit" does make you more likely to notice the book。 。。。more
Waseem
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This book has an important message in the especially data driven and information overwhelm world we live in - invaluable insights and thought provoking case studies that will make you question and evaluate information/ data never as you may have the same passive way before or again…However and surprisingly negative aspect of the book， was that author had many hints of mainstream propaganda and anti conspiracy theorists vibe about him - which was ironic as the whole book is about the importance o This book has an important message in the especially data driven and information overwhelm world we live in - invaluable insights and thought provoking case studies that will make you question and evaluate information/ data never as you may have the same passive way before or again…However and surprisingly negative aspect of the book， was that author had many hints of mainstream propaganda and anti conspiracy theorists vibe about him - which was ironic as the whole book is about the importance of not taking everything （data/information） at face value - which is almost mainstream/propaganda media traits and it’s these “conspiracy theorists” and alternative views that more often than not that get vindicated…To Our Continued Success！Seemy http://www。WaseemMirza。net 。。。more
Alessandro
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A must-read to navigate this age full of bullshit everywhere。 Quote of the book: "Fake news purveyors， take note。 When the pope himself says you eat shit， it is time to re-evaluate your life choices。" A must-read to navigate this age full of bullshit everywhere。 Quote of the book: "Fake news purveyors， take note。 When the pope himself says you eat shit， it is time to re-evaluate your life choices。" 。。。more
Meghan Smith
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This was a great book。 It was dry at times， but I learned a ton。 The resources recommended for further learning have also been great。 I especially love the analogy between sharing BS online and throwing litter onto the interstates。 We’ve figured out how to minimize the latter， as a nation， and we can figure out how to minimize the former。 This book will give you tools you need to better understand when something may be BS。 It also gives you methods for diving deeper and disproving BS。 I think an This was a great book。 It was dry at times， but I learned a ton。 The resources recommended for further learning have also been great。 I especially love the analogy between sharing BS online and throwing litter onto the interstates。 We’ve figured out how to minimize the latter， as a nation， and we can figure out how to minimize the former。 This book will give you tools you need to better understand when something may be BS。 It also gives you methods for diving deeper and disproving BS。 I think anybody with a social media account should be required to read this and pass a test on the subject。 。。。more
kevin
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This was really hard to read for some reason even though the content was okay。 Maybe the topics are somehow disparate or I read in multiple settings。 There was nothing inherently new like the chart chapter could be replaced by Tufte。 Some topics were interesting for me as a review like understanding p value。 So it is mixed but if you are new to numbers in general， I imagine this to be quite a good book and it is very instructional， like with some practical steps to call bullshit at the end。
Bartek Jaślikowski
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A book everyone dealing with data in any respect would benefit from reading。 And for that， one doesn’t have to know statistics in order to develop a bullshit sensor。
Alice Rutter
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Fun and educational。
Mel
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Honestly， it was just kind of dull。
Kendall Thompson
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Meh。 It was okay to bad。 It starts off angry and harsh and they definitely get too much joy out of being able to use the word "bullshit" in their writing。 They bring up some good points， but their take on Latour's black box is （ironically） a completely incorrect reading of what Latour actually identifies as a black box。 This knocked it from 3 to 2 start for me。 Meh。 It was okay to bad。 It starts off angry and harsh and they definitely get too much joy out of being able to use the word "bullshit" in their writing。 They bring up some good points， but their take on Latour's black box is （ironically） a completely incorrect reading of what Latour actually identifies as a black box。 This knocked it from 3 to 2 start for me。 。。。more
Steven
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This should be required reading
Markus Pietilä
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3，5/5？
Philip Cohen
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This is an excellent book。
Ryan
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Helpful。 And it impressed my wife to be able to critique P value。 I felt a bit smarter afterwards。
Jonno
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Every American should read this book。 We all need to get better at evaluating the quality of information we consume。 That said， I think they could have made their figures （the ones they present as models to follow， not the ones they criticize） even clearer。 None of their figures had captions， and some of them didn't have axis labels or titles。 Sometimes it was difficult to figure out what the figure was meant to show even after reading the accompanying text。 Every American should read this book。 We all need to get better at evaluating the quality of information we consume。 That said， I think they could have made their figures （the ones they present as models to follow， not the ones they criticize） even clearer。 None of their figures had captions， and some of them didn't have axis labels or titles。 Sometimes it was difficult to figure out what the figure was meant to show even after reading the accompanying text。 。。。more
Tomas Nilsson
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