Are numbers essential for counting? Probably, in a world where we don’t just want to know if something is good, but exactly how good. But it wasn’t always the case. Watch the full lecture as Tim Harford shows we don't always understand the data we have: youtube.com/watch?v=BHqxRC…

Misinformed about misinformation: Are ordinary citizens really helpless to distinguish truth from lies, and is misinformation as prevalent as we have been led to believe? ft.com/content/4b2ee5…

Recently re-read "Randomistas" by Andrew Leigh. I'd forgotten how good it was (and I blurbed it..,). Really lively accessible overview of how randomised trials blossomed in social science: amzn.to/3ZbOxCE

What geeks can learn from sport: timharford.com/2024/09/what-g…

What we can and can't say about what we do and don't know... ft.com/content/357121…

Great tips for advising in uncertainty: ‘tell people what you know, what you don’t know, what you’re doing to find out, and what they can do in the meantime. Finally, remind them that the advice may change.’ ⁦Tim Harford⁩ ⁦Financial Times⁩ ft.com/content/357121…

This week, we published the first mixed-reality Financial Times app in the Apple #VisionPro app store. It's been in development since 1949. Yep, this one merits a thread...

17/ How Bill Phillips, 'the Indiana Jones of economics', came to be a student at LSE in 1949 is a whole other story. Tim Harford can you tell you all about it and you can read more from me about our digital version in our free-to-read FT weekend package ft.com/money-machine

Why a machine built out of Perspex and pink water in 1949 is still relevant for teaching economics in 2024 on.ft.com/4cVt447

Coal Face: Washington exhibition includes portraits of people whose families were involved with pits in north-east England. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Can't wait to bungle my way through this...

Recently re-read "Randomistas" by Andrew Leigh. I'd forgotten how good it was (and I blurbed it..,). Really lively accessible overview of how randomised trials blossomed in social science: assoc-redirect.amazon.com/g/r/https://ww…

Just got a copy of "Think Twice" by Alex Bellos and I'm already enjoying it even more than I expected. Loving the variety of misdirections and counterintuitions... amzn.to/3zb3Ukn

The real questions posed by candidate clobber: timharford.com/2024/09/the-re…

Great piece.