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The Importance of Numbers - with Tim Harford

The Numberphile Podcast

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We Could Improve the School Curriculum and Journalists Could Do a Better Job

There's a big moral panic about fake news that i think is not necessarily very productive. We could improve the school curriculum and journalists could do a better job, but also, it's never a bad idea to take a deep breath. What actually happens is trump to see that claim and they retweet it cause it's just fits in the story. When people slow down, they're smarter than we think. I remember seeing a grap on twitter years ago now, that was showing a rapid liberalization of people's view r on gay marriage. And i just reteated it, boom, great news. People are thinking the right things, like i think. But then the first reply underneath it

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