First off lets hear from charlie siefe, who wrote the book, proofiness, the dark arts of mathematical deception. The dark art of mathematical deception by charles seife examines the misuse of data and statistics in todays world. Lies, damned lies, and proofiness math is the only truly exact science, but numbers can also be used to fudge and deceive. From siam news, volume 44, number 1, januaryfebruary 2011. Numbers have peculiar powersthey can disarm skeptics, befuddle journalists, and hoodwink the public into believing almost anything.
The great deception tells for the first time the inside story of the most audacious political project of modern times. The book divides the concept of proofiness into a number of categories such as disestimation and fruitpacking. A day in the life of charles seife may 27, 2014 ton editors charles seife is a professor of journalism at new york university and the author of five books, most recently proofiness. Open access could ko publication bias faith seeking. But seife is not alone in this opinion, as several others have made the same claim. Deception is the start of a young adult paranormal romantic suspense series that features gripping supernatural drama, surprising twists, dynamic characters, pageturning suspense, heartpounding action, and angsty romance.
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