Three Must Read Data and Analytics Books with Tim Harford, Zhamak Dehghani, and Brent Dykes
The Data Chief
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What Is Biased Assimilation?
The first thing that happens is something called biased assimilation. You take on board information that you want, that suits you and reject information that doesn't fit the narrative that youare telling yourself or that you're trying to tell other people. And so giving people a whole bunch of unbiased information actually drives them further apart from each other. What would be a better practice when these bad numbers are being presented in a board room? I do think it's interesting that people are always asking me, oh, i think clearly, but i know, i've got this friend and he's an idiot, for she's an idiot. How do i get them to think straight? And my answer is always
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