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A University Course In Bullshit Detection (Because Bullshit Really Is Everywhere)

IDEAS Posted: April 4, 2019 11:04 am

“Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning in a Digital World” at the University of Washington “is not dedicated to teaching students that Fox News promotes ‘fake news or that National Enquirer headlines are fallacious. Instead, the class operates under the assumption that the structures through which today’s endless information comes to the consumer — algorithms, data graphics, info analytics, peer-reviewed publications — are in many ways as full of bullshit as the fake news we easily recognize as bogus.” – Pacific Standard

IDEAS Published: 04.04.19

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