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Three Must Read Data and Analytics Books with Tim Harford, Zhamak Dehghani, and Brent Dykes

The Data Chief

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The Illusion of Explanatory Depth

The illusion of explanatory depth is a term people use when they think they understand how stuff works. When you gently ask them to elaborate, some realize maybe they don't understand quite as well as they thought. And remarkably, the same thing works for policy questions. Just inviting people to explain things to you, to tell you more, itcan be a great way to get them to rethink and to be more curious.

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