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WHAT I'M READING WEDNESDAY : May Contain Lies by Alex Edmans

12/10/2024

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As with most families, mine doesn't see eye to eye.

My sister-in-law made up a rule to follow in approaching many supposed "facts."

DIVIDE BY 2 AND MULTIPLY BY MAYBE.
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Over the summer, I overheard my brother fact-checking my mother on more than one occasion.

You can probably guess how well that went down.

One night, I fact-checked him at the dinner table.
According to what I found, I was right.

Yet, according to Edmans, a fact isn't necessarily data, and data isn't necessarily evidence.

If you want to turn your world upside down, and re-think much of what you thought you knew, this book will do so.

Every article about a study.
Every study about a study.
Every study itself, is biased.

Which makes me think of the 5th agreement in the Toltec tradition - BE SKEPTICAL, LEARN TO LISTEN.

I haven't gotten to the part in the book where there are some supposed answers -- though I guess I should doubt those too.

NB: May Contain Lies by Alex Edmans
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Originally posted on LinkedIn with comments.

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