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It's also an exquisite example of what journalist Charles Seife has dubbed "proofiness."
Why the Gender Gap Won't Go Away Kay S. Hymowitz 2011
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Polls, of course, play an important role in a journalist's craft (iness), and Seife writes that they are one of the primary sources of proofiness in modern life.
Charles Seife's "Proofiness," reviewed by John Allen Paulos John Allen Paulos 2010
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Likewise, proofiness refers to numbers and statistical arguments that seem to be convincing but are really somewhere between unwarranted and ludicrous.
Charles Seife's "Proofiness," reviewed by John Allen Paulos John Allen Paulos 2010
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Likewise, proofiness refers to numbers and statistical arguments that seem convincing but are really somewhere between unwarranted and ludicrous.
Charles Seife's 'Proofiness,' reviewed by John Allen Paulos John Allen Paulos 2010
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The effort is important because the cumulative effect of proofiness is, as he sagely concludes, "toxic to a democracy."
Charles Seife's "Proofiness," reviewed by John Allen Paulos John Allen Paulos 2010
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Polls, of course, play an important role in a journalist's craft (iness), and Seife writes that they are one of the primary sources of proofiness in modern life.
Charles Seife's 'Proofiness,' reviewed by John Allen Paulos John Allen Paulos 2010
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The effort is important because the cumulative effect of proofiness is, as he sagely concludes, "toxic to a democracy."
Charles Seife's 'Proofiness,' reviewed by John Allen Paulos John Allen Paulos 2010
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Author Charles Seife calls this type of false statistic "proofiness."
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Author Charles Seife calls this type of false statistic "proofiness."
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Author Charles Seife calls this type of false statistic "proofiness."
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