#15: Tim Harford on 'How not to Lie with Statistics'

Naturally Artificial | Bridging the Gap between Minds and Machines

08-08-2021 • 58 mins

In this podcast episode, I sat down for an in depth conversation with Tim Harford.

Tim is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of “The Next Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy”, “Messy”, and the million-selling “The Undercover Economist”. Tim is a senior columnist at the Financial Times, and the presenter of Radio 4’s “More or Less”, the iTunes-topping series “Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy”, and the new podcast “Cautionary Tales”. Tim has spoken at TED, PopTech and the Sydney Opera House. He is an associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford and an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. Tim was made an OBE for services to improving economic understanding in the New Year honours of 2019.

This discussion focuses on Tim's book the "Data Detective/How to Make the World Add Up'' and how we can better utilise behavioural psychology in the search for truth!

Show Notes
Tim's website
Tim's twitter: @TimHarford

Other book mentioned: The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef


Credits
Host: Junior Okoroafor, Twitter: @JuniorOkoroafor, Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junior-okoroafor-4b8069193/
Art Work: Charlotte Mason
Podcast Editor: Victoria Okoroafor


In affiliation with Oxford University Psychology Society
Facebook: @Oxford University Psychology Society,
Twitter: @OxfordPsychSoc
Email: psychology.society@studentclubs.ox.ac.uk

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