Data!
Very nice presentation at TED showing how many things many bright people think are wrong.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_s
I don't like simple narratives for social problems and I like that this presentation partially for that reason. It is a great presentation on health care, economic fairness, across and within countries makes a good case for looking very carefully at data.
He starts by comparing he students performance to 'chimps' on questions where the student has to pick the right country out of two countries where there is a factor of 2 difference of performance between the two. His point is people's notions are too simplistic and sometimes just wrong or dated, and later makes the point that variation within countries and continents is too large for one size fits all geography based approach.
Very neat data visualization.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_s
I don't like simple narratives for social problems and I like that this presentation partially for that reason. It is a great presentation on health care, economic fairness, across and within countries makes a good case for looking very carefully at data.
He starts by comparing he students performance to 'chimps' on questions where the student has to pick the right country out of two countries where there is a factor of 2 difference of performance between the two. His point is people's notions are too simplistic and sometimes just wrong or dated, and later makes the point that variation within countries and continents is too large for one size fits all geography based approach.
Very neat data visualization.