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Saturday, 7 November 2020
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It's all shades of purple. A very long time ago, while attending a course on cognitive representation of spaces, they were showing similar examples.
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mechavolt said @ 3:03pm GMT on 8th November
I'm a federal government statistician. This is a constant worry for me. The adage "Numbers don't lie" really isn't true. You can present the exact same facts in two different ways that completely change how people view the data. You don't need to make up data, or even selectively choose data, to influence people. You can't just take advantage of our monkey brains.
However, I'd like to state that dealing with these things is by far preferable to people who manipulate or selectively choose data. Sadly, the current administration has been making this harder and harder every year. We've had Soviet-style political officers added as "advisors" to upper management. We've had orders from the administration that I personally feel are unconstitutional, and are currently being litigated in court. We've had increased oversight from the Department of Commerce, and have had multiple research/analysis papers denied with no explanation (hint, they all had to do with immigration, citizenship, and Puerto Rico).
When people ask me flippantly, "C'mon, what has Trump done so bad that affected you directly?" I tell them how he turned my non-partisan agency that helps support the very foundations of our democracy into a fascist propaganda tool. I am so fucking excited for a new boss January 20th. But much of the damage is already done - the next Census won't be for another decade.
mechavolt said @ 3:04pm GMT on 8th November
I'm a federal government statistician. This is a constant worry for me. The adage "Numbers don't lie" really isn't true. You can present the exact same facts in two different ways that completely change how people view the data. You don't need to make up data, or even selectively choose data, to influence people. You can just take advantage of our monkey brains.
However, I'd like to state that dealing with these things is by far preferable to people who manipulate or selectively choose data. Sadly, the current administration has been making this harder and harder every year. We've had Soviet-style political officers added as "advisors" to upper management. We've had orders from the administration that I personally feel are unconstitutional, and are currently being litigated in court. We've had increased oversight from the Department of Commerce, and have had multiple research/analysis papers denied with no explanation (hint, they all had to do with immigration, citizenship, and Puerto Rico).
When people ask me flippantly, "C'mon, what has Trump done so bad that affected you directly?" I tell them how he turned my non-partisan agency that helps support the very foundations of our democracy into a fascist propaganda tool. I am so fucking excited for a new boss January 20th. But much of the damage is already done - the next Census won't be for another decade.
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mechavolt said @ 3:03pm GMT on 8th November [Score:1 Insightful]
I'm a federal government statistician. This is a constant worry for me. The adage "Numbers don't lie" really isn't true. You can present the exact same facts in two different ways that completely change how people view the data. You don't need to make up data, or even selectively choose data, to influence people. You can just take advantage of our monkey brains.
However, I'd like to state that dealing with these things is by far preferable to people who manipulate or selectively choose data. Sadly, the current administration has been making this harder and harder every year. We've had Soviet-style political officers added as "advisors" to upper management. We've had orders from the administration that I personally feel are unconstitutional, and are currently being litigated in court. We've had increased oversight from the Department of Commerce, and have had multiple research/analysis papers denied with no explanation (hint, they all had to do with immigration, citizenship, and Puerto Rico).
When people ask me flippantly, "C'mon, what has Trump done so bad that affected you directly?" I tell them how he turned my non-partisan agency that helps support the very foundations of our democracy into a fascist propaganda tool. I am so fucking excited for a new boss January 20th. But much of the damage is already done - the next Census won't be for another decade.
